Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Character Quotes, Reputation Quotes

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have? Four,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have? Four,...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this...

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.