Michael Josephson People Quotations

To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.

Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.

People who don't believe in you are right only if you believe they are.

Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.

There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.

Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.

Happiness is the peace of mind that comes from feeling that I am living a worthy life in the company of people I love and in the service of something bigger than myself.

If you are the boss it's wise to remember that there are lots of things you don't know and lots of people who hope you won't find out.

Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges.

Its a sign of troubled times when the concept of pressure becomes an acceptable excuse for ethical shortcuts and moral shortcomings. Pressures are just temptations in disguise and its never been acceptable to give in to temptation. Ethics is about the way things ought to be, not about the way things are. When it comes to ethics, motive is very important. A person of character does the right thing for the right reason. Compliance is about what we must do; ethics is about what we should do. Ethical people often do more than the law requires and less than it allows. The area of discretion between the legal must and the moral should tests our character. Noble talk and framed ethics statements are no substitute for principled conduct. The test is doing the right thing.