Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.