"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are".

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are.

Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.

Worry more about your conscience than your reputation. Because your conscience is what you are, your reputation is what others think of you. And what others think of you is their problem.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be,
Your character is what you really are

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

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Character is more than just having principles. It’s a learned capacity to live by your principles.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself... Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And
outlive the bastards.

Character counts. A lot. The right leadership can be more important than the right idea, the right team, or even the right business model.

Your reputation is the most important thing you’ll never have. Not clothes, nor money, not the big cars you may drive. If your reputation is good, you can achieve anything you want in the world.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.... The friction tends to arise when the two are not the same....There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. <i>That's</i> soul destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.