Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Quotaroni

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

- Abraham Lincoln

More Abraham Lincoln Quotes

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

- Abraham Lincoln
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

- Abraham Lincoln
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

- Abraham Lincoln
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

- Abraham Lincoln
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

- Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

- Abraham Lincoln
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

- Abraham Lincoln
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.

- Abraham Lincoln
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.

- Abraham Lincoln
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

- Abraham Lincoln