“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson Related Quotes “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”– Jack Kerouac “Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”– Marcus Tullius Cicero “I do have my ducks in line if I want to do it, but I’d love to see the Republicans pick somebody that was going to win and take over this country and frankly, to use the expression, ‘Make America great again.’”– Donald Trump