Bed Quote by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

That sort of reputation which precedes performance [is] often the larger part of a man's fame.

— George Eliot

A good reputation is better than fame.

— Louis Dudek

Reputation being essentially contemporaneous, is always at the mercy of the Envious and the Ignorant. But Fame, whose very birth is posthumous, and which…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.

— Mark Twain

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

— Bayard Taylor

His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity…

— John Bartholomew Gough

Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be the signal…

— Alvan Macauley

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

— George William Curtis

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

— Josh Billings

“But fame isn’t what gets me out of bed in the morning. It’s purpose.”

— Gabourey Sidibe

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more…

— Michael Musto

Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures…

— Cyndi Lauper