Pond Management

I do. That is character! - Theodore Roosevelt

Wiping out is an underappreciated skill. - Laird Hamilton

Behind leadership there is always a person. - Unknown

Dreams are the touchstones of our character. - Henry David Thoreau

Character, not circumstances, makes the man. - Booker T. Washington

The great hope of society is individual character. - William Ellery Channing

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. - Fletcher Knebel

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. - Dale Carnegie

Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre. - Joseph Joubert

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character. - Paul Newman

I have nothing but confidence in you. And very little of that. - Groucho Marx

Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him float. - Unknown

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. - Charles Bukowski

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. - Anne Frank

The best time management strategy: don't find the time, find the why. - Chris Guillebeau

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try. - Zig Ziglar

I was always a character actor: I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. - Paul Newman

Character and personal force are the only investments that are worth anything. - Walt Whitman

Any lack of confidence in the economic future of the United States is foolish. - Herbert Hoover

In our world, more often the truth is 'Money talks and integrity walks.' - Bill Welker

You can only go as high on the leadership ladder as your character will allow you. - John C Maxwell

The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. - A.J. Liebling

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. - Red Auerbach

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. - Malcolm S Forbes

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. - Tom Landry

What we value shapes our character and will ultimately define how we lead, or whether we can lead at all. - Unknown

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around. - James Beard

Like the old adverb, "you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth." - Archie Bunker

Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love. - Mariah Burton Nelson

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence. - Vanessa Hudgens

From a shy, timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles. - Anna Dostoevsky

I think Mr. Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around. - Homer Simpson

Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. How can anyone see how awesome you are if you can't see it yourself? - Unknown

Education commences on the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. - Hosea Ballou

My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy. - Burt Shavitz