best quotations about
Reputation |
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Quotations
 | I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 13 likes |
 | Perhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 9 likes |
 | The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 8 likes |
 | Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 6 likes |
 | Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes |
 | Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes |
 | Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word. — Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet 3 likes |
 | We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 2 likes |
 | Reputations are made by searching for things that can't be done and doing them. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 2 likes |
 | You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 2 likes |
 | We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us. |
| People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are. |
 | If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds. |
 | Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. |
 | Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. |
 | Please don't believe everything you hear about me, regardless of how true it may be. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. |
 | A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity. |
Ancient Greek
 | Hard work is the father of good reputation. Πόνος ευκλείας πατήρ. 5 likes |
 | I don’t care if they speak bad about me after I die. Κακώς ακούειν ού μέλει θανόντι μοι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Alcestis 3 likes |
 | Bad reputation is grievous to bear and hard to get rid of. Φήμη... κακή αργαλέη φέρει, χαλεπόν δ’ αποθέσθαι. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -762 3 likes |
 | To be praised while you live, to be beatified after you die. Ζων μεν επαινού, αποθανών δε μακαρίζου. — Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth 2 likes |
Proverbs
 | When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray. 4 likes |
