“Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us.”– Thomas Paine Related Quotes “It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”– Andre Gide “No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.”– Edvard Munch “Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men – the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.”– Louis Farrakhan