Reputation and Character

REPUTATION AND CHARACTER

THE CIRCUMSTANCES AMID WHICH YOU LIVE DETERMINE YOUR REPUTATION; THE TRUTH YOU BELIEVE DETERMINES YOUR CHARACTER.

REPUTATION IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSSED TO BE; CHARACTER IS WHAT YOU ARE.

REPUTATION IS THE PHOTOGRAPH; CHARACTER IS THE FACE.

REPUTATION COMES OVER ONE FROM WITHOUT; CHARACTER GROWS UP FROM WITHIN.

REPUTATION IS WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU COME TO A NEW COMMUNITY; CHARACTER IS WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU GO AWAY.

YOUR REPUTATION IS LEARNED IN AN HOUR; YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT COME TO LIGHT FOR A YEAR.

REPUTATION IS MADE IN A MOMENT; CHARACTER IS BUILT IN A LIFETIME.

REPUTATION GROWS LIKE A MUSHROOM; CHARACTER GROWS LIKE THE OAK.

A SINGLE NEWSPAPER REPORT GIVES YOU YOUR REPUTATION; A LIFE OF TOIL GIVES YOU YOUR CHARACTER.

REPUTATION MAKES YOU RICH OR MAKES YOU POOR; CHARACTER MAKES YOU HAPPY OR MAKES YOU MISERABLE.

REPUTATION IS WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU ON YOUR TOMBSTONE; CHARACTER IS WHAT ANGELS SAY ABOUT YOU BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD.

-William Hersey Davis