Axiom, maxim, I forget which
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Aphorism might be the word you’re looking for, although maxim works too.
It simply means that whatever we may *think* about ourselves, it’s our actions and the way that others view us that says more about ourselves. For example, may think of myself as a generous person, but if I act in selfish ways, it doesn’t matter what I think about myself, I’m showing that it’s not true, and nobody else is going to see what isn’t there. I can scream all day about how generous and giving I am, but nobody will have any reason to believe it; I’d be fooling myself.
It‘a natural for us to want to see ourselves in the most positive light, but it’s what we do that actually proves who we are.
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