Man of the Year Finalists

Character is destiny. - Greek Proverb

A root is a flower that disdains fame. - Kahlil Gibran

Character is not what you are in the dark. - Unknown

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

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

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

Appropriate rules cultivate a disciplined character. - Bill Welker

Character is not given to us; we build it ourselves. - Mabel Hale

The art of communication is the language of leadership. - James Humes

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. - Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes. - Unknown

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

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

Tell a relevant, targeted, transparent story, and the whole world will share it. - Randall Lane

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. - Ronald Reagan

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

Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. - Chris Brogan

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

Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. - Isabel Allende

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

Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold. - Vanna Bonta

Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. - Helen Rowland

Character is, in the long run, the decisive factor in the life of individuals and of nations alike. - Theodore Roosevelt

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. - Thomas B Macaulay

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. - Benjamin Disraeli

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life. - Paula Deen

Going without food or water will kill the body, but the lack of relationship will kill the minds and spirit. - David Jeremiah

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do. - William Henry Channing

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different. - Harvey Mackay

A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. - John Maxwell

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

It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain. - Rick Baker

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

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right path, the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. - Anne Frank

More people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting. - Stephen Covey

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. - Epicurus

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