Reputation vs Character

Reputation is what you are supposed to be..Character is what you are..

Reputation is a photograph
Character is the face..

Reputation comes over one from without
Character grows up from within..

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community
Character is what you have when you go away..

Your reputation is made in a moment
Your character is built in a lifetime..

Your reputation is learned in an hour
Your character does not come to light for a year..

Reputation grows like mushroom'
Character lasts like eternity..

Reputation makes you rich or makes you poor
Character makes you happy or makes you miserable..

Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone
Character is what the angels say about you before the throne of God!!

taken from: John C. Maxwell again..