Good Reputation Quotes - Page 2

• Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

  James Russell Lowell

  Happiness, Success, Character

  JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1871). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS.”, p.14

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• The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

  Benjamin Haydon

  Character, Winning, Names

  Benjamin Robert Haydon, Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1876). “Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir”, p.467

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• Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Integrity, Character, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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• Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

  John Bartholomew Gough

  Inspirational, Life, Character

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 46. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Me, I'd prefer to have a good reputation rather than getting press for being scandalous, getting drunk in public, staying out late and so on.

  Sophia Bush

  Stay Strong, Drunk, Reputation

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• We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

  Les Brown

  Judging People, Judgement, Done

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• The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Integrity

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• A good name is better than precious ointment.

  Solomon

  Family, Names, Reputation

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• It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

  Pliny the Elder

  Reputation, Shameful, Loses

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• Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Reputation, Lost

  1603-4 Cassio to Iago. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.256-8.

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• One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Death, Reality

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• Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

  Benjamin Haydon

  Suffering, Age, Reputation

  Benjamin Robert Haydon, Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1876). “Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir”, p.467

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• It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

  Will Rogers

  Reputation, Lifetime, Minutes

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• Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Men, Jewels

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 155

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• No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

  Helen Rowland

  Men, Literature, Good Times

  Helen Rowland (1909). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”

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• "What place would you advise me to visit now?" he asked. "The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Nature, Travel, Earth

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.71, eKitap Projesi

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• Never gaining a good reputation is not nearly as painful as losing one.

  Raymond Burr

  Opinion, Reputation, Losing

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

  Giuliana Rancic

  Powerful, Reputation

  "Giuliana Rancic Interview". www.seventeen.com. November 17, 2008.

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• Once a person gains experience and a good reputation, it takes less and less money to create bigger and bigger investments.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Gains, Reputation, Investment

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• A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.

  Stephen King

  Reputation

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

  Harvey Mackay

  Reputation

  FaceBook post by Harvey Mackay from Sep 06, 2012

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• If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based on a good life, it is, therefore, preserved by the practice of virtue and not by human intrigue.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Good Life, Practice

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Years, Careers

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation.

  Eric Dezenhall

  Giving, Reputation, Constitution

  "How to Survive a Scandal". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 10, 2014.

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• We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some temporary fame and excitement, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist if you haven't tried to be very careful in this kind of work. And it's this type of integrity, this kind of care not to fool yourself, that is missing to a large extent in much of the research in Cargo Cult Science.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Integrity, Missing, Research

  "Cargo Cult Science". Richard P. Feynman's Caltech commencement address (1974), as quoted in "'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!': Adventures of a Curious Character" edited by Ralph Leighton (p. 342), calteches.library.caltech.edu. 1985.

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