Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry Ford
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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
Albert Einstein
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
