Character is the personal impression you make on the potential lender or investor.
Could it be some fool rich kid determined to make a strong, personal impression?
"I ought not to influence you, because it is only my own personal impression."
But the truth was that his historical essays, too, were essentially personal impressions.
Both his combat record and my personal impressions of him, however, could best be described as bland.
The fact is that most people - myself included - are pretty bad at using personal impressions to judge character.
But a personal impression was one thing, and evidence in a court of law another.
Tell us all about that first, and then we can compare personal impressions.
Having been there, my personal impression is that the people are longing for peace and democracy.
My personal impression is that this is not yet the case.