February 26, 2007

• The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the truth you believe determines your character.

  Reputation is what you are supposed 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 men say about you on your tombstone;

  character is what angels say about you before the throne of God.

  - William Hersey Davis, "(source unknown)"

    

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