What will matter is not your success but your significance....

Josephson’s line contrasts outward achievement (“success”) with inward and social value (“significance”). It suggests that accolades, status, or measurable wins are ultimately less enduring than the positive difference one makes—through character, service, and ethical choices. The ellipsis implies a larger exhortation: that life’s final accounting is moral and relational rather than competitive. In the context of Josephson’s public work on character education and ethics, the quote functions as a corrective to purely performance-driven definitions of accomplishment, urging readers to prioritize integrity, contribution, and the impact they leave on others over personal advancement.