Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.
Interpretation
Your character is what you can control, while your reputation is shaped by others' opinions.
This quote emphasizes the importance of understanding the distinction between character and reputation. While reputation is influenced by how others perceive you, and thus outside of your direct control, your character—defined by your values and actions—is something you can shape and define for yourself. Focusing on building a strong character leads to a positive reputation over time, even if it may not always be immediately recognized by others.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about personal integrity.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
Chance... in the accommodation peculiar to sensorimotor intelligence, plays the same role as in scientific discovery. It is only useful to the genius and its revelations remain meaningless to the unskilled.
Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.
Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, 'I'm going to be 30 - oh, what am I going to do?' Well, use that decade! Use them all!
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