Reputation Quotes

1049 Reputation quotes by 771 unique authors

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon,… — John Ortberg
First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to… — David Ogilvy
Character is much easier kept than recovered. — Thomas Paine
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. — Thomas Paine
I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many… — Michael Palin
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. — Blaise Pascal
New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in. — Jane Pauley
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. — Petrarch
M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what they say. — Steven Pinker
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are… — Steven Pinker
The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were. — Francis Quarles
I did not have a reputation to defend. — Roman Polanski
At ev'ry word a reputation dies. — Alexander Pope
President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security. — Samantha Power
A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong… — J. B. Priestley
Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. — Marcel Proust
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. — Pliny the Elder
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. — Jules Renard
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character. — John D. Rockefeller
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. — Jim Rohn
A reputation is really hard to live down. — Mickey Rourke
No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time. — Helen Rowland
I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. — John Ruskin
HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation… — Richard Russo

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