Best 569 quotes in «reputation quotes» category

You’ve got to be driven to become successful.

You will fall to ruin because you believe that exceptions to the rule make new rules. That an evil man can shed the trappings of wickedness because you want him to. Men do not Change... Learn the lesson now, so you don't have to learn it with a knife in your back later... Reputations exist for a reason.

You will never appeal to everyone. The only way to avoid criticisms or judgement is to do nothing. Be bold, stand for something and know that your purpose is worth fighting for.

You will never change a prospective customer’s mind, my boy. There is a chance that he might make a new decision if enough reliable evidence comes his way, but to do that he has to want to listen - to hear it - and that requires trust and respect.

"Abroad," that large home of ruined reputations.

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

Alan Smith... very much a striker, by reputation... and by fact

A good reputation is better than fame.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

Always concentrate on the most valuable use of your time. This is what separates the winners from the losers. Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

Algebraic geometry seems to have acquired the reputation of being esoteric, exclusive, and very abstract, with adherents who are secretly plotting to take over all the rest of mathematics. In one respect this last point is accurate.

All gods are better than their reputation.

A lot of my reputation is a product of exaggeration and ignorance.

A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.

An entertainer's reputation as a live act is the most valuable thing he or she can have. If people know you give good shows, you'll never be broke for the rest of your life.

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

Among mathematicians, even in those days, the reputation of being a good Glass Bead Game player meant a great deal; it was equivalent to being a very good mathematician.

Anna Wintour has a reputation - she can be very intimidating - but that day [Valentino show] she was just smiling and laughing. That was my first time meeting her, and she seemed like she was having a great time. Everybody was enjoying themselves.

Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.

A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

As your reputation gets bigger, the gaps and chances to go through them get smaller.

A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation.

Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car?

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful things for me!

Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved

But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.

Because of the incredible reputation I have, people find me exciting to watch on film.

Beneath our clothes, our reputations, our pretensions, beneath our religion or lack of it, we are all vulnerable both to the storm without and the storm within.

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

Colonialism has a bad reputation in the modern context, but Colonial Africa was a far better place for both black and white before the colonists gave up.

Despite that sort of reputation that Canada has of being a boring place, we really have produced really interesting politicians.

Dont spoil reputation with too speaking.

Don’t wreck my reputation / Let me wreck my own

Epidemics of "bad" voice can kill your reputation overnight.

Do you want to injure someone's reputation? Don't speak ill of him, speak too well.

Each of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of all of us. And all of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of each of us.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.