REPUTATION
Quotes
1
Who has once the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon.
— James Howell
2
Character is made by what you stand for; reputation, by what you fall for.
— Robert Quillen
3
It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzcshe
4
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
— Cyril Connolly
5
Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.
— Lord Chesterfield
6
Every man values himself more than all other men, but he always values others’ opinion of him more than his own.
— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
7
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
— Oscar Wilde
8
Each man is afraid of his neighbor’s disapproval — a thing which, to the general run of the race, is more dreaded than wounds and death.
— Mark Twain
9
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
— Proverbs 22:1
10
Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
— Margaret Mitchell
11
Oh! I have lost my reputation. I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
— William Shakespeare
12
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad quality.
— George Washington
13
There’s only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
— Oscar Wilde
14
Reputation: what others are not thinking about you.
— Tom Masson
15
There are times when there is nothing more humiliating in life than the knowledge of being inferior to one’s reputation.
— Eleonora Duse
16
No nation respects a beggar.
— Elijah Muhammad
17
I can ruin my reputation in five minutes; I don’t need help.
— Martha Graham
Sayings
1
If you’ve got something worthwhile to do, don’t talk about it — do it. After it’s done, your friends and acquaintances will talk about it.
2
Your reputation precedes you.
Joke
Mrs. Pinkham was understandably upset when the newspaper accidentally printed her obituary, but when she came in to see the managing editor she grew positively apoplectic with rage. “Just think of what your careless error will cost me: I’m completely mortified, a laughingstock already, the butt of cheap wisecracks. Why my social standing, my entire reputation is at stake!” The harried editor attempted to apologize repeatedly, but was unable even to get a word in edgewise. Finally the dowager concluded her diatribe with the demand that the newspaper somehow make it up to her.
“Fine, lady,” offered the editor wearily. “Tomorrow I’ll list you in the birth announcements and give you a fresh
start.”