Character.

"Be more concerned with your character then your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -John Wooden

"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly." -Lawrence G. Lovasik

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." -Billy Graham

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." -Helen Keller

Character. Probably the most overlooked value a person can strive for. Everyone tells you to work for power, greatness, education, money, reputation, your never taught in school how to achieve character and thats probably because it cannot be taught. It is formed out of trial and error, achievements and failure, hardship and learning. Sure you can make a living by building up a huge corporate company and sitting behind a desk overseeing a hive of ants and overlooking your empire. Some might say this is greatness, an ability to control a section of the world. But is that greatness? You've worked so hard to create this empire that the rest of your life has passed you by. You come home every night to an empty house and switch on the TV, just letting life go on around you. This is not greatness, this is achievements.

Character. Without it you are just another ant hiding under a rock of an easy life. Although achieving character is forged through fire and hardship, through these experiences you are able to rise out of a crowd of people and lead them with strength with a sure, true foot. People of character are the people who make a difference in this world. Who decide to leave the rock of comfort behind and strive for true greatness and think of others before themselves.

Without them, we are nothing.

-ColdCoffee