Reputation Quotes - Page 2

Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.

Reputation is the road to power

It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.

Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.

The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.

But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.

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

Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car?

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

I am like a Rolls- Royce. I can run without an engine, purely on reputation

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

Beneath our clothes, our reputations, our pretensions, beneath our religion or lack of it, we are all vulnerable both to the storm without and the storm within.

Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.

Your brand name is only as good as your reputation

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

You earn your reputation by the things you do every day.

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.