Man of the Year Finalists

Civilized humanical relationships - Archie Bunker

Character is perfectly educated will. - Novalis

Adversity tests a man's true character. - Unknown

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

Assumptions are the termites of relationships. - Henry Winkler

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity. - J.B. Gough

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. - Leo Rosten

The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. - Joseph Le Conte

Character is a diamond that scratches every other stone. - Cyrus A. Bartol

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. - Joshua Reynolds

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character. - Dag Hammarskjold

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things. - Keanu Reeves

Most women are afraid of clowns, but somehow end up still dating one. - Unknown

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. - Aristotle

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. - Lady Bird Johnson

Before you tell anyone to 'be yourself', reassess his character. - Unknown

Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs. - Homer Simpson

I wanted a man who wouldn't stray so I'm dating a guy on house arrest. - Kim Bove

Making mistakes reveals human nature. How one deals with them reveals character. - Unknown

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling. - Stephen R. Covey

Peppering your relationship with a dash of mystery can make it far more palatable. - Khang K. Nguyen

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. - Elbert Hubbard

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life. - Dave Dravecky

Your reputation is what you’re perceived to be, Your character is what you really are. - John Wooden

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself. - John Leguizamo

Character is that which reveals moral purposes, exposing the class of things man chooses or avoids. - Aristotle

The real test of your character is your treatment of those who can be of no possible service to you. - Unknown

When you do talk to people, share what you are. Stop focusing on all the things that you aren't. - Dan Pearce

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. - Zig Ziglar

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. - Albert Einstein

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. - Suze Orman

More contact means more sharing of information, gossiping, exchanging, engaging - in short, more word of mouth. - Gary Vaynerchuk

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, all is lost. - Rev. Billy Graham

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln

Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin, but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building. - Oscar Wilde

I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway. - Toni Morrison

It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people. - Axl Rose

Leadership is all about caring, daring and sharing. Caring for people, Daring to Act fearlessly, and Sharing the success with all. - Sujit Lalwani