Reputation Quotes

1049 Reputation quotes by 771 unique authors

In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he. — Denis Diderot
How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in… — Michel de Montaigne
It's shocking how bright your star is. — Britney Spears
I'm not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life. — Shania Twain
Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid. — Alexander Smith
Fill an author with a titanic fame and you do not make him titanic; you often merely burst him. — Frank Moore Colby
The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account. — W. Somerset Maugham
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte
You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be able to walk down the… — Paul Newman
I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation. — Ingvar Kamprad
Never gaining a good reputation is not nearly as painful as losing one. — Raymond Burr
The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should… — Margaret Chase Smith
A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side. — Will Durant
Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. — Chris Brogan
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame. — Euripides
According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement. — Euripides
Forging differs from hoaxing, inasmuch as in the later the deceit is intended to last for a time, and then be discovered, to the ridicule… — Charles Babbage
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little… — Oliver Goldsmith
A good name is better than bags of gold. — Miguel de Cervantes
A man's reputation draws eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him. — Joseph Addison
A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing… — William Hazlitt
An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one. — Tacitus
In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power. — John Tillotson

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