Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel yoou can possibly be possessed of.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
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.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.
He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
A good reputation is better than fame.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets.
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
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