Character Over Reputation

Matthew HenryHere are some of the quotes I shared this morning…

The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation …
   the truth you believe determines your character.…
Reputation is what you are supposed to be;
   character is what you are.…
Reputation is the 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 a 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. —William Hersey Davis

“Men may go toward Heaven, yet come short; and they may go to Hell with a good reputation.” —Matthew Henry

“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.” —D.L. Moody

Lord, Save Me

He shall save His people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21)

C.H. SpurgeonLord, save me from my sins. By the name of Jesus I am encouraged thus to pray. 

Save me from my past sins, that the habit of them may not hold me captive. 

Save me from my constitutional sins, that I may not be the slave of my own weaknesses. 

Save me from the sins which are continually under my eye that I may not lose my horror of them. 

Save me from secret sins; sins unperceived by me from my want of light. 

Save me from sudden and surprising sins: let me not be carried off my feet by a rush of temptation. 

Save me, Lord, from every sin. Let not any iniquity have dominion over me. —Charles Spurgeon