Man of the Year Finalists

Character is destiny. - Greek Proverb

Character is perfectly educated will. - Novalis

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. - Emily Dickinson

Germs: The only things kids will share freely - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

Appropriate rules cultivate a disciplined character. - Bill Welker

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

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. - Helen Rowland

To praise great actions is in some sense to share them. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships. - Eric Metaxas

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. - George Santayana

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

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them. - Leo Rosten

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

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

While your circumstances are beyond your control, your character is not. - John C Maxwell

Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs. - Woody Hayes

Find someone who will change your life, not just your relationship status. - Abdul'Rauf Hashmi

I love romance. I'm a sucker for it. I love it so much. It's pathetic. - Drew Barrymore

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

By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent. - Mark Zuckerberg

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. - Henry David Thoreau

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - James Russel Lowell

A spouse or partner should enhance your life, not be your life; your life is your own. - Sukhi Burgen

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

I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it. - George Clooney

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. - Thomas J. Barnardo

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. - Buddha

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

A man of character does not expect to be liked by everyone, nor does he worry about being liked by anyone. - Unknown

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

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

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

Valentine's Day: Rubbing singles' noses in their lack of a mate and the noses of couples in their lack of time. - Emma McLaughlin

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

Sometimes me think, 'What is Friend?' and then me say, 'Friend is someone to share the last cookie with.' - Cookie Monster

The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches. - Antonin Scalia

While some pain is probably inevitable in all relationships, successful couples are usually the ones who are able to forgive. - Ilona Boniwell

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. - William Feather

There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't... and that's a spouse who can't cook and will. - Robert Frost