Man of the Year Finalists

Civilized humanical relationships - Archie Bunker

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. - Socrates

Compromises are for relationships, not wine. - Robert S Caywood

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. - John Wooden

Life always takes on the character of its motive. - J.G. Holland

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

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

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice. - Benjamin Disraeli

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. - Napoleon Hill

The great myth of our times is that technology is communication. - Libby Larsen

I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers. - Eden Robinson

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

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

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - John Wooden

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. - Erma Bombeck

What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it. - C S Lewis

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

Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. - Mark Twain

Sharing oft leaves less. But with love the more we share, the fuller our hearts. - J. Benson

The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs. - Fidel Castro

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. - Zig Ziglar

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts. - Beverly Sills

Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there. - Elizabeth Clarke Dunn

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. - Jean Paul Richter

True potential and purpose is not possible without good discipline and good character. - Rattan Singh

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships. - Jodie Foster

When you don't share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people. - Chuck Palahniuk

It is important to understand that it is a prayer life that builds character that honours God. - Ravi Zacharias

Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Don't be accusing me of taking a bribe. You know what they call that, "definition of character." - Archie Bunker

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

Relationships are about give and take; not tit-for-tat. If you're keeping score, you'll lose at your own game. - Faydra D. Fields

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. - Dale Carnegie

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

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

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. - Andre Maurois

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some, irrevocably; it's the endings we're unprepared for. - Katherine Owen

I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good thing. - Tim Allen

Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere. - Groucho Marx

This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. - Unknown