Abraham Lincoln actually said...

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

That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.