Student Success Statement 

"Character is higher than intellect." 

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

If you don’t have a good heart, nothing else matters.  You can have all the money in the world, you can be a genius, you can be anything- but if you do not have a genuine, kind heart and soul, none of it matters.  The true meaning of happiness is when you can look in the mirror and be completely proud of who you are.  You can say to yourself that you are a good person with good intentions and morals.  If you are the smartest kid in school, but you bully people, does your intelligence really matter?  Your character if higher than anything else in your life.  Your character is YOU.  Who you are, how you treat others, and how you treat yourself.  Your integrity is more important than anything else in your life.  Your character is what attracts people to you.  Your character is what lets people know "Is this a good or bad person?"  This is why character is much higher than intellect, like the quote states.  It is higher than intellect because intellect has a limit to where it can take you, and character does not.  Your character can take you anywhere you want it to, as long as you're a good person with a good heart and good soul.