QUOTE & POSTER: We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. – W. Somerset Maugham

QUOTE AND POSTER: Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao Tzu

COMMENTARY: The True Meaning of Love – Love Is Not A Mirage

If we can get beyond the corny red heart clichés and commercialism surrounding Valentine’s Day, there’s real value in celebrating the idea of love.

QUOTE & POSTER: Nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man’s character – give him power. –Abraham Lincoln

Great Leaders are Teachers

Great Leaders are teachers not tyrants. They help their followers see and understand more. They inspire them to become more and motivate them to do more. –Michael Josephson

QUOTE& POSTER: Abraham Lincoln said, “Folks are generally as happy as they are willing to be.” When you are really ready to be happy there are lots of things in your life you can focus on to create happiness. Choose to be happy. You deserve it. –Michael Josephson

QUOTE & POSTER: Whatever you are, be a good one. – Abraham Lincoln

QUOTES: Lincoln

1. Nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man’s character – give him power. –Abraham Lincoln 2. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that …

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QUOTE & POSTER: The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

QUOTE & POSTER: The end for a caterpillar is the beginning of the butterfly. With or without your consent, everything changes. Go with it! Make the best of it! And always remember, the best is yet to come. -Michael Josephson

Memo From Michael: Take a Stand on Gay Rights

One thing I’ve learned in the 813 weeks I’ve been writing and posting these commentaries is that some people who love you (or at least say they do) can turn on a dime if you disagree with them on something fundamentally important to them. So I confess I think twice (or more) before I publish a commentary I know will …

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QUOTE & POSTER: Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. — Unknown

QUOTE & POSTER: There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. -John F. Kennedy

QUOTE & POSTER: An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

QUOTE & POSTER: One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie, Polish chemist, radiologist (1867-1934)

QUOTE & POSTER: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. -Chinese Proverb

QUOTE & POSTER: Take control now. Forget about the negative thoughts which others have told you – that you are too old or too young. Stop letting the thoughts of others rule your life; stop being weak and cowardly, blaming your lack of progress on those negative programs. If you begin now and become a do-er, you will have earned your right to remain here. –Thomas D. Willhite.

QUOTE & POSTER: Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. -Thomas Jefferson

POSTER & QUOTE: YOU CAN DO IT! In fact, you can do anything you put your mind to.

QUOTES & POSTER: TRAVEL – Find new doors to new experiences

QUOTES & POSTERS: BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS – The more you see the more you understand. –Michael Josephson

INTEGRITY IS ONE THING YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE

Integrity is one thing you cannot afford to lose. You can give it away or sell it, but you can’t buy it. Without integrity you become nothing and will have nothing. – Michael Josephson Subscribe to a weekly newsletter featuring articles and quotes of Michael Josephson at www.whatwillmatter.com  

QUOTES & POSTERS: Happiness is like a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you. –Nathaniel Hawthorne

QUOTES & POSTER: The choices you make in your life will make your life. Choose wisely.- Michael Josephson

QUOTES & POSTER: Problem – Opportunity. People who succeed see every problem as an opportunity

QUOTE & POSTER: When people work together it’s a beautiful thing. Together Everyone Accomplishes More

QUOTES & POSTERS: If you’re tempted to justify unseemly or unethical conduct because life is just a “rat race”, remember: Even if you win your’e still a rat.” Think of what you do not only in terms of what it gets you but what it makes you.-Michael Josephson

QUOTES & POSTERS: It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. –Roy Disney

QUOTES & POSTERS: Your happiness is not determined by what life brings to you, but by the attitude you bring to life; not what happens to you, but by the way your mind looks at what happened. –Khalil Gibran (adapted)

QUOTE & POSTER: Your childhood is not defined by what you did or what happened to you, it’s the memories you choose to dwell on. Banish ideas that darken your past and you will brighten your future. –Michael Josephson