You grow in reputation like bread in the hands of a child.

“Time is a child playing a game of draughts; the kingship is in the hands of a child.”

— Heraclitus

Grow your reputation such that people get bound to honour by heart, you wont get respect by begging , borrowing, forcing or buying. *senora*

— Senoraroy

Reputation, like a face, is the symbol of its possessor and creator, and another can use it only as a mask.

— Learned Hand

Life is like a bread

— Buyuk

I believe the world is beautiful, and poetry, like bread, is for everyone.

— Roque Dalton

Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.

— Anonymous

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

— Abraham Lincoln

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes…

— Anonymous

Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like?

— Kofi Annan

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

— Chinese Proverbs

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

— Abraham Lincoln

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.”

— Chris Baty

“Jack, who apparently always had to be moving in some way, had made up for the missing knife by grabbing a half loaf of…

— Kiersten White