I remember my mom giving me this. I was in the 7th grade, possibly the 8th grade. I cut it to the size of a bookmark and stuck it in my bedroom mirror, where it stayed for years. It’s nice to try to live up to, even though I suspect I’ve fallen short from time to time.
My version is attributed to an unknown author, the words modernized based on “The Guy in the Glass” by Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr., published in The American Magazine in 1934. The core message remains the same: valuing self-honesty over external validation.