“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”
"All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."
- Abraham Lincoln
Love
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln
Leadership
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
- Abraham Lincoln
Courage
"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end, you are sure to succeed."
- Abraham Lincoln
Courage
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
- Abraham Lincoln
Responsibility
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."
- Beauty and the Beast
Integrity
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Integrity
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity
"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."
- Hachiman Hikigaya
Integrity
"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."
- Gintoki Sakata
Integrity