"Character is higher than intellect." 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I wouldn't agree with this if it was associated with school or the workplace. Outside of school and the workplace, you should behave differently and according to where you are. Sure if you are socializing the whole point of being a social person is to develop some kind of character, if you're boring you won't get far and won't get much friends. In school, intellect is needed to work effectively and not fail. At work, a person needs intellect to get a job and keep the job. If you are dealing with work you need intellect, nut if you are dealing with people then you need character. If you are all smarts you'll drive people away. If you're all talk you'll lose jobs. You need a balance. Have an equal amount of both social life and work life and you'll(more or less) be following through with this quote.