Reputation is shaped by the environment you live in,
Character is defined by the truths you believe in…
Reputation is what you think you are;
Character is who you truly are…
Reputation is a photograph;
Character is the face…
Reputation comes from the outside;
Character comes from within…
Reputation is what you have when you enter a new group;
Character is what you have when you leave…
Reputation is built in an instant;
Character is built over a lifetime…
Reputation can be learned in an hour;
Character cannot be revealed in a year…
Reputation grows like a mushroom;
Character lasts forever…
Reputation can make you rich or poor;
Character can make you happy or miserable…
Reputation is what people engrave on your tombstone;
Character is what the angels say before God about you…
—William Hersey Davis