Quote by Edward W. Howe

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the com

Summary

This quote suggests that the way people talk about you when you are not present reflects your reputation and status within a community or group. It implies that one's standing in a community is determined by the opinions and comments made about them by others when they are not around. Essentially, it is stating that people's perception of you behind your back is indicative of how much respect, admiration, or social influence you have within a specific community.

Topics

Reputation

By Edward W. Howe

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Opinionated writing is always the most difficult... simply b

Opinionated writing is always the most difficult... simply because it involves retaining in the cold morning-after crystal of the printed word the burning flow of molten feeling.

Journalism

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is hav

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

Leadership

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make t

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.

Rosamond Lehman

Opportunity

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the bro

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

A young outcast will often feel that there is something wron

A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.

Age Genius Growth Confidence Certainty Be Yourself Adaptation Confident Aging Bullying Bully Assurance Adapt Bullied Developing

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.

Michael Jackson

Life

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a hor

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

Life

Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests po

Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every citizen should be justly and in good faith conceded in all parts of the land.

Grover Cleveland, Second Inaugur

Equality

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Booker T. Washington

Work

Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocr

Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical.

Evil

I never travel without my diary. One should always have some

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.

Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and

Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.

Dreams