Appearances Quote by Anonymous

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

— Abraham Lincoln

Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

— Abraham Lincoln

Our reputation is shadow of our character, and the shadow is of our virtue and values which we inherit.

— Anil Sinha

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see…

— Michael Josephson

I like characters with flaws, who have shadow.

— Matt Bomer

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

— John Bartholomew Gough

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.

— Craig Groeschel

Shadows are people who don't know the difference between being an individual, and being a close copy. Step out of the path, become your…

— Anonymous

Reputation is what people think of you but character is what you think you are.

— Keith Mosaic