Reputation Quotes


Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others Source Unknown Reputation 199
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. Socrates Reputation 189
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha lost my reputation, I ha lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial! William Shakespeare Reputation 160
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. Mencius (Mengzi Mengtse)Reputation 155
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. Edgar Watson Howe Reputation 108
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. Joseph Hall Reputation 100
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me. Dwight L. Moody Reputation 94
His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity. John B. Gough Reputation 85
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. Benjamin Franklin Reputation 83
I have visited many countries, and have been in cities without number, yet never did I enter a town which could not produce ten or twelve little great men; all fancying themselves known to the rest of the world, and complimenting each other upon their extensive reputation. Oliver Goldsmith Reputation 82
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. Source Unknown Reputation 79
I am better than my reputation. Friedrich von Schiller Reputation 79
Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down! Henry Rink Reputation 78
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 Reputation 72
A fair reputation is a plant delicate in its nature, and by no means rapid in its growth. It will not shoot up in a night, like the gourd of the prophet, but like that gourd, it may perish in a night. Jeremy Taylor Reputation 71
A good name is better than precious ointment. Ecclesiastes 7:1 Bible Reputation 68
It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born. John Ruskin Reputation 66
The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter. Source Unknown Reputation 66
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. Marcus Tullius Cicero Reputation 63
He that has the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon. James Howell Reputation 63
My reputation grew with every failure. George Bernard Shaw Reputation 62
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 Reputation 59
Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation. FranÃ§ois de La Rochefoucauld Reputation 55
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. Pliny The Elder Reputation 53
Reputation are made every day and every minute. Christopher Ruel Reputation 51
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. Samuel Johnson Reputation 50
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. St. Evermond Reputation 49
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. Dag Hammarskjold Reputation 45
Reputations will continue to be made by many acts and be lost by one. Source Unknown Reputation 42
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows. CharlesMaurice de Talleyrand Reputation 42
Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. Lord Jeffrey Reputation 39
You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation. Giuliana Rancic Reputation 37
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. Cicero Reputation 33
How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made! Oliver Wendell Holmes Reputation 32
Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows. CharlesMaurice de Talleyrand Reputation 32
It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women. Source Unknown Reputation 27
My reputation is a media creation. John Lydon Rotten Reputation 25

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