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.
“Now Matthew, you are an awkward character - I'm sorry to say that to you but you are an awkward character. It seems you can't help yourself… you need confrontation! That worries me, that worries me a lot! (To Matthew Palmer, shortly before his firing).”
The Apprentice, Series 1
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