Reputation Quotes

Reputation Quote of the day

Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth.

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'

Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

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

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.

Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul?

A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets.

He is too illiterate, unread, unlearned for his station and reputation.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation.

For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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.

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.

If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

"What place would you advise me to visit now?" he asked. "The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

Funds are low again, hallelujah! That means God trusts us and is willing to leave His reputation in our hands.

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

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

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Like an ant, I will find my way round any obstacle. Like a child, I will persevere with pinpoint focus.

Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

Alan Smith... very much a striker, by reputation... and by fact