Abraham Lincoln Quotes

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

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

I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.

Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.

Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

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.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

Character is not created on the spot.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

I have to be responsible with my character, my image and my reputation.

Personally, I have never considered myself corrupt or seen the need to be so. People are judged as what they are perceived to be.

The NFL goes to great lengths to protect what it calls 'the integrity of the game.' The same should be said for us as individuals. Integrity, the truthful interaction of word and deed, not only creates leaders in the locker room who are worthy of being followed; it is also vital for success at home.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

Only men of character are trusted.

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.