
“Your reputation is what you're perceived to be,
Your character is what you really are”
Variant: Until you 've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Source: Gone with the Wind
“Your reputation is what you're perceived to be,
Your character is what you really are”
Jackson, Jim, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now
“Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived.”
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Variant: 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.
“When You've lost it all…. that's when you realize that Life is Beautiful.”
Variant: When You've lost it all.... thats when you realize that Life is Beautiful.
Source: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
“You never realized how thick your fog was until it lifted.”
Source: Lover Reborn