authenticity Quotes

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

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

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.

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.