How Men Think

A rich man has no need of character. - Hebrew Proverb

Polite conversation is rarely either. - Fran Lebowitz

Romance is the icing, the love is the cake. - Unknown

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

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man. - Jeff Bridges

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

The secret to a happy marriage? Do what your wife tells you. - Denzel Washington

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

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

Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once or twice. - Eva Gabor

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. - G K Chesterton

College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. - George Gobel

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

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

The result of bad communication is a disconnection between strategy and execution. - Chuck Martin

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

Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time. - Elbert Green Hubbard

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

An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. - C S Lewis

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We seldom give each other advice - I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage. - Laura Bush

It requires less character to discover the faults of others than is does to tolerate them. - J. Petit Senn

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. - Oscar Wilde

Without the will, marriage is a mockery; without the emotion, it is a drudgery. You need both. - Ravi Zacharias

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

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

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

The key to a long and healthy marriage is that, honestly, there's nothing worth fighting about. - Jay Leno

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

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

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. - Oscar Wilde

Marriage is when a man and woman become as one; the trouble starts when they try to decide which one. - Unknown

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

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else. - Nicholas Sparks

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

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw. - Harvey Mackay

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

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. - Zig Ziglar

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

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character. - J K Rowling