Best 569 quotes in «reputation quotes» category

Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all the advantages without the disagreeables of reputation.

What is said of man is nothing; the point is, who says it.

When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.

When a management with reputation for brilliance gets hooked up with a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact.

When people are described as difficult and have a reputation as difficult it's 99% of the time because they've been disappointed over and over again by people who don't really know what to do for them, and I know I'm going to make them happy and I can't wait to work with them.

Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.

When we deal with the name and reputation of another we deal with something sacred in the sight of the Lord.

When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.

When you do more than you're paid for eventually you will get paid for more than you do. This is a basic truth that also applies to Business, Sales or anything you do. Whatever your endeavor always provide more service than you get paid for and you will develop a reputation that will separate you from the rest.

Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, Kill it. Squish it.

Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.

Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?

Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most useless, frivolous, and false coin that passes current among us.

Who has not for the sake of his reputation sacrificed himself?

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Wonderful," Garan grumbled when he'd gone. "We'll grow a reputation for our kindness to lawbreakers.

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.

You can do all manner of underhanded nice things when you have a caustic reputation.

You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.

You can now, if you choose, employ your present success to advantage, so as to keep what you have got and gain honour and reputation besides, and you can avoid the mistake of those who meet with an extraordinary piece of good fortune, and are led on by hope to grasp continually at something further, through having already succeeded without expecting it.

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

You have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win.

You know, sometimes a person's reputation can be far more colossal than the influence of the person. I don't pay any attention to it anymore.

You're less apprehensive when you know what to expect. Also, the first flight is very important in this performance-driven culture I work in; it establishes your reputation. If you don't do well, it's probably your last flight.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good; You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright; Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes.

Your brand name is only as good as your reputation

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

A cold grin flashed across his face. "I'm not guilty of half the things I'm accused of. But I encourage the rumors, and I never deny even the worst of them. I want people to regard me with fear and respect. Good for business." "Are you saying that you haven't stolen from people, and framed and betrayed and blackmailed-" Gentry interrupted her with a sound that expressed pure annoyance. "I'm not a saint." Despite Sophia's distress, she almost wanted to laugh at the understatement.

Your reputation is none of your business.

Ali, of course, hasn't whipped every obstacle in his life. Only enough of them that we remember him as having done so.

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

A critical ingredient which binds customers to a brand is trust

Adopt the positive in everything you do, for there will always be positivity there to find, if that is what you seek.

A lady is like a lovely stick of chewing gum,” Miriam parrots. “Sweet and unblemished, but if you’re not careful, every lad around will take a taste.” “But no decent man,” I continue, mimicking a crotchety old sod, “will want to put a used stick of gum in his mouth.

Appearance tyrannizes over truth.

All those people who are chained here thinking that their reputations matter and this little shit matters are so freaking shortsighted. Dude, what matters is that you're happy. What matters is your future. What matters is that we get out of here in one piece. What matters is finding the truth of our own lives, not caring about what other people think is the truth of us.

A poet could kill the dead.

A prophet is always underestimated, and part of what makes one a prophet is that he doesn't really mind it.

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

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

A reputation is what you hear when no one is there to speak for it.

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

Are you in love? What makes your heart beat faster? What do you want people to think about when they hear your name.

A true prophet would rather be believed false by many but actually true than believed true by many but actually false.

As I am an honest man, I thought you had received some bodily wound. There is more sense in that than in reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving.