Reputation Quotes

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To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogan

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

Pliny the Elder

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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be pr

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

Charles Caleb Colton

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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.

Charles Caleb Colton

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A man's judgment is best when he can forget himself and any

A man's judgment is best when he can forget himself and any reputation he may have acquired and can concentrate wholly on making the right decisions.

Raymond Spruance

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My reputation grew with every failure.

My reputation grew with every failure.

George Bernard Shaw

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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Dag Hammarskjold

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Debased men, but they all had something in common: They show

Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.

Orson Scott Card

Men Reputation Virtues

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridi

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print... substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question.

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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and onl

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it

Benjamin Franklin

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His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; b

His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.

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The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of t

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples -- do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings -- don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.

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Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their

Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.

William Wycherley

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He that has the name to be an early riser may sleep till noo

He that has the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.

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I am better than my reputation.

I am better than my reputation.

Friedrich von Schiller

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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often di

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.

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Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never m

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

Benjamin Franklin

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The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you w

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

Francis Quarles

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A good name is better than precious ointment. Ecclesiastes 7

A good name is better than precious ointment. Ecclesiastes 7:1

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