Quotes about reputation

The evil that men do lives after themThe good is oft interred with their bones.

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Your reputation is what others think of you your character is what you truly are. Reputations can be manipulated character can only be developed and maintained.

Honor is due to God and to persons of great excellence as a sign of attestation of excellence already existing not that honor makes them excellent.

Many consult their reputation but few their conscience.

Reputation is made in a moment Character is built over a lifetime.

A person is what he says and does that's how you learn whether his reputation was earned or manufactured.

You are who you associate yourself with

The reputation of a girl ... is a delicate thing. Like a mynah bird in your hands. slacken your grip and away it flies.

For your fourth consoling thought, I would point out that in this venue," a wave of his finger took in Vorbarr Sultana, and by extension Barrayar, "acquiring a reputation as a slick and dangerous man, who would kill without compunction to obtain and protect his own, is not all bad. In fact, you might even find it useful.""Useful! Have you found the name of the Butcher of Komarr a handy prop, then, sir?" Miles said indignantly.His father's eyes narrowed, partly in grim amusement, partly in apprec

Like spilled water, once a girl's reputation is ruined, it will never come back

I have never been an eavesdropper, even in childhood. Not from any sense of virtue but because I really do not want to know what people think of me or, to be precise, what they say of me - often a different matter. I can usually imagine the unpleasant judgements, for we are what others needs us to be. That is why our reputations change so often and so drastically, reflecting no particular change in us, merely a change in the mood of those who observe us.

Stop caring what people think about you. People will always have their opinions. Don't worry about it. What you think about you (and what God thinks about you) is all that matters. You can never please everyone, so stop trying so hard to please people.

In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts.

In this age people have become more loyal and attached to personal brands,individuals than companies, brands. [You get the emotional highs and lows, but real issues overlooked]. In a social media driven world, every piece of content we put out there can make or mar us

For the ancient Greeks, who lacked our social media, the only way to achieve mass duplication of the details of one's life in the apprehension of others was to do something wondrously worth the telling. Our wondrous technologies might just save us all the personal bother. Kleos is a tweak away.

Personal branding is distinctively marketing your uniqueness.

He had acquired a reputation for possessing a noble character, and even for being something of a hero - or, at least, in the assessment of one contemporary commentator, one of those parties who are able to fulfil the public need in the event of genuine heroes being absent or, for any reason, unpalatable.

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

I am so afraid that strangers with think me good! and there is a degree of hypocrisy in appearing much better than one is.” - Hannah More

Oh, Gerty, I wasn't meant to be good.

it is not only what we have that enhance our dignity but what we do with what we have also magnifies our reputation to the highest level

Don’t rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame

Kleos is sometimes translated as "acoustic renown" the spreading renown you get from people talking about your exploits. It's a bit like having a large Twitter following.

They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him.

You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied. 'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently. 'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!

A reputation is like a shadow; it hides when you go to sleep, but always returns with the sun…

I couldn't stand being identified by my sexuality, I retaliated by insisting that people regard me for my intellectual worth. My intellect became a form of damage control.

Abstaining from sex, hitting the books, and wearing loose-fitting clothes are common ways that girls try to molt their "slutty" image. But more often their shame leads them to self-destructive behavior. They become willing to do things that they wouldn't have dreamed of doing before they were scandalized because they now feel they have so little to offer. Some girls do drugs or drink to excess in an attempt to blot away their stigma. Others become depressed and anorexic. And others think so litt

I'm a flaming faggot, Irving. I was sure you were on to that. I don't go around waving the flag, of course, and I definitely do not proselytize. Homosexuality is, to me, an inner satisfaction, a pride in a heritage of greatness. To marry a woman would be an inadmissible rejection of my identity.

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

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

Our reputations are so out of our control that it's laughable how much time and effort so many of us put into trying to "control" them.

If you are worrying about reputation, you are taking time away from doing the things that really matter.

Reputation became the pirates' sharpest sword.

During World War I, Germany had only 25 of its vaunted submarines sailing at any one time.

It is so easy to practice a creditable degree of so seeming virtue, and so difficult to purify and direct the affections of the heart, that I feel myself in continual danger of appearing better than I am; and I verily believe it is possible to make one’s whole life a display of splendid virtue and agreeable qualities, without ever setting foot towards the narrow path, or even one’s face towards the strait gate.” – Hannah More

Even a small amount of unplanned downtime can effect a company’s profitability and reputation.

Don't beg for platforms, build your platform.

All you need to be recognized as an authority is to be recognized by a recognized authority

My reputation grows with every failure.

When I did well I heard it never When I did ill I heard it ever.

The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation that away Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.

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

I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful.

I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.

No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what effect holding the Games in this or that capital will have on the host country's international reputation, how a nation's prestige can be raised by its medal count.

All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word.

Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAnd of so easy and so plain a stopThat the blunt monster with uncounted heads,The still-discordant wavering multitude,Can play upon it.

Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.

RUMOUR:"Upon my tongues continual slanders ride,The which in every language I pronounce,Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.

These are treacherous times, and I know how easily perceptions can be twisted by a single word spoken into the wrong ear. Impugn a man's character, and everything that man does is made to seem underhanded, suspect, fraught with double motives.

The longer you remain in Rome,' said [Cardinal] S.C., ‘the smaller you will find it.

Mud Slinging is so much fun,when you do it to others. But remember the day someone else does the same to you,youll realise how bad the mud in your mouth tastes. Think twice before you go around ruining the reputation of others. Because what goes around comes around for sure.

You and your husband have, I think, been very fortunate to know so little, by experience, in your own case or in that of your friends, of the wicked recklessness with which people repeat things to the disadvantage of others, without a thought as to whether they have grounds for asserting what they say. I have met with a good deal of utter misrepresentation of that kind. And another result of my experience is the conviction that the opinion of "people" in general is absolutely worthless as a test

Reputations are just history in rumor form.

Enter RUMOUR, painted full of ton

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Even the false accusations of a person of dubious morality can taint the reputation of an upright servant.

The author describes Lincoln's attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, "almost defiant transparency.

Inside, I found three things: a silver mirror, a silk handkerchief, and a glass flask of ointment. These items will help you on your journey. use them when need be. If you ever lose faith in yourself, the mirror will show your inner beauty. In case your reputation is stained, the handkerchief will remind you of how pure your heart is. As for the balm, it will heal your wounds, both inside and outside.

I would rather suffer with truth than celebrate with lies.

True or false, that which is set of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

The dominating idea of English society was not cultivate virtue but to avoid scandal.

Writers have a well-deserved reputation for being eccentric. Everything you've heard is true.

Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

Most writers deserve the reputation posterity has bestowed upon them: You can’t for long conceal the toxic spots on your character—Philip Larkin is Exhibit A—nor can you conceal your dignity, your humanism, your regard for veracity and freedom.

Reputation never has very much to do with reality. I could name half a dozen paragons of virtue that are horrible, small-souled, evil people. And some of the best men I know, you'd walk out of the room if you heard their names. No one on the screen is who they are when you breathe their air.Chrisjen Avasarala

If it weren't my life, I wouldn't have believed it. I hated everyone, for they were so phony. I don't give a damn about my bad reputation

Since humans are social animals, you’re basically only as good as your reputation.

There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute circumstances, that contribute not in any degree to his reputation; but it must be confess’d, that this extends not very far, nor is of any considerable moment in these affections. For this I assign the following reason. We can never have a vanity of resembling in trifles any person, unless he be possess’d of very shining qualities, which give us a respect and venerati

Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither.

People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honor.

In the minds of their peers, too often students become caricatures of themselves.

Studies have shown that, at least among students, popularity equals visibility.

Being indie means being artistic and finding your own eccentric identity. The name of the game for being an indie kid is to never admit you are one. If you do, it goes against your beliefs against labeling, thus making you a hypocrite.

The preachers tell us that pride is a great sin, but the preachers are wrong. Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

I‘m very aware that my personal life, my marriage, is the source of speculation and interest in the department and with the public. I can live with that. I’m also aware that my husband’s businesses, and his style of conducting his businesses, are also the source of speculation and interest. I have no particular problem with that. But I resent very much that my reputation and my husband’s character should be questioned this way. From the media, Commander, it’s to be expected, but not from my supe

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being worthy of respect.

Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.

What's in a name?  The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you.

Reputation is an invisible force that works for or against you based on the efforts you put to persevere building your character

If you have to choose between character and reputation. Choose character every single time. Then you can be authentic and straight. Nothing to lose.

It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

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

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.

You can’t repair character flaws with positive social media posts

Group membership can modify individuals' perceptions of themselves. Unable to separate their personal introspection from the ways they believe other people perceive them, teenagers may have what psychologists call an "imaginary audience", meaning that they believed that other people are just as attuned to their appearance and behavior as they are.

People change, though, especially after they are dead.

Love grows and wanes, but honor, duty, and commitment, those things are constant and stable. They define who you are.