Reputation Quotes · Page 36

Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive…

— Richard Posner

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

— Nathaniel Branden

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots…

— Hugh Grant

“Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.”

— William Shakespeare

People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not…

— Thomas Lennon

I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world…

— J. K. Rowling

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow…

— Michael Josephson

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some…

— Francis Bacon

I did feel as though a number of critics had appointed themselves, when they sat down with a new book of mine,…

— John Updike

Liverpool is a massive club in reputation, but as soon as I came here, it felt like Atletico to me. It is…

— Fernando Torres

Physical courage to a person of honour is easier and less risky than acts that could subject him to embarrassment or humiliation…

— Michael Josephson

What being among the 'right people' entails is the possession of human capital, rather than organizational capital: an individual reputation, portable skills,…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Tim Price continues to explore and develop his deeply personal approach to music. Through the years his persistence, determination and passion has…

— Bennie Maupin

I did get a reputation for being choosy and not very easy to be approached, and none of that is true. It…

— Abhay Deol

Done correctly, everyone from individual speakers to large organizations can inspire citizens and customers to spread a message using their own social…

— Simon Mainwaring

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of…

— Henri Matisse

Without putting words in anybody's mouth, I think that Roddy has a reputation for being a rebel. I don't think that's a…

— Roddy Piper

“My reputation precedes me. It shows up about fifteen minutes before I do, eats, and then leaves without paying or tipping.”

— Jarod Kintz

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been…

— Robert Emmet

Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private. ª

— Myles Munroe

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making…

— Michael Lee-Chin

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. It's simple, fantasize, rehearse, then go out into the world and…

— Henry Ford

After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It…

— Derek Walcott

I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can…

— Aristotle Onassis

For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow…

— Iain Pears

The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and…

— J. B. Priestley

There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Bob was beloved by people, very intelligent people, for their entire lives, and he had tremendous loyalty from everyone. I know he…

— Ann Reinking

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered…

— Samuel Johnson

Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere,…

— David Mitchell

Image is what People think we are..and integrity is what we really are..so work on your character and your Reputation will speak…

— Anonymous

I think Netflix have a bit of a reputation for being totally hands-off, which is not quite fair. They are very active…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

— Andrew Sullivan

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

— William Shakespeare

Among mathematicians, even in those days, the reputation of being a good Glass Bead Game player meant a great deal; it was…

— Hermann Hesse

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the…

— James Russell Lowell

I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid…

— Jocko Willink

I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.

— Sarah Bernhardt

We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing…

— Bernard Cornwell