Reputation

 

Reputation is what you are supposed to be … character is what you are.

 

Reputation is the photograph…character is the face.

 

Reputation comes over from without…character grows from within.

 

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community…character is what you have when you go away.

 

Reputation is earned 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 an oak.

 

A single newspaper report gives you a 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 in heaven.