| Abraham Lincoln was very concerned with the nature | | | | charge of, and people that are in a service positions |
| of character, but he was also aware of the | | | | like housekeepers, waiters, secretaries, and nurses, etc. |
| importance of having a good reputation. He explained | | | | How we treat these people truly displays more about |
| the difference this way: "Character is like a tree and | | | | our personal character than how we treat other's that |
| reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we | | | | we think are important. |
| think of it; the tree is the real thing." | | | | Those who are honest, kind, and fair only when there |
| In today's world that is overly preoccupied with image, | | | | is something to gain should never be confused with |
| it is easy to worry too much about our reputation and | | | | people of (real character) who demonstrate these |
| too little about our character. Building a reputation is | | | | qualities habitually, and under all circumstances and |
| largely a public-relations project, but building character | | | | situations throughout their life. |
| requires us to truly focus on our values, actions, and | | | | Character is also revealed by how we deal with |
| always following through with what we commit | | | | situations, pressures and temptations. It is also |
| ourselves to on a continual daily basis. Noble rhetoric | | | | disclosed by our everyday actions, (including) what we |
| and good intentions just are not enough to build true | | | | say and do when we think no one is looking and fell |
| character. | | | | that will not get caught. Reputations come and go, but |
| I truly feel that your reputation is what people think of | | | | character will hold you through the storms of life. If you |
| you and your character is what you actually are! | | | | spend your time and energy in constantly building |
| Reputations will change with our circumstances and | | | | strong character, you will never have to fear or be |
| can be made or destroyed in a brief moment, but | | | | concerned about what others think of you. |
| character is built through a person's lifetime. | | | | As a Christian I know that God sees all, and that He |
| What we should be concentrating on is moral strength | | | | remembers all, and is ultimately the final judge of our |
| based on ethical principles. Character is revealed by | | | | actions in a lifetime spent on earth. Reputation is what |
| our deeds and actions and not just words, especially | | | | people say you are; character is what God knows |
| when there is a gap between what we want to do, | | | | you are. Character is not a fancy coat we put on for |
| and what we should do, especially when doing the right | | | | public show only. Character is who we truly are, and |
| thing costs more than we want to pay. Character is | | | | will be judged by accordingly, on earth as well as in |
| also not whether we accomplish our ambitions or | | | | heaven. If you always concentrate on building |
| goals in life, but how we truly live life through a lifetime. | | | | character, your reputation will build itself. Develop your |
| Some think that the way we treat certain people | | | | character, and you will never have regrets. |
| cannot help or hurt us, like coworkers who we are in | | | | |