Quotes About Integrity

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.

I am in a business that's built on record sales and reputation and how your single is doing and where your song is on iTunes. But the kind of music that I do comes from my beliefs.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

I hope that I have gained the reputation of being someone that would do anything. I think that that's an admirable reputation to have if you're an actor.

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

As a former prosecutor, sometimes people refer to me as 'Attila the Hun.' I understand how people can get a reputation sometimes.

I had made my reputation on integrity.

I have refused money sometimes for a film. I have refused films when I felt that it was not for me. When it was just a job or just about making money, I said no. I wanted to make every film count, and when you are true to yourself, this gives you a certain integrity and a certain reputation.

I was willing to accept a bad reputation if I deserved it, but it was going to be based on my actions, not on anybody's history. I'm not running from my family - I couldn't embrace my family more. But I wanted to work in an industry where I could define myself, not be defined by my grandfather's history.

My reputation is as a fiscal hawk. At least, I hope that it is.

I've always been interested in image and reputation management. Because really, when you think about it, it is an old phrase, but all we have is our word and our good name.

For the president of the United States, reputation does matter. The reputation of the United States does matter. We are dealing with countries all over the world. They want to know if your word is good. Trump's word is not good.

The United States did not earn its reputation as leader of the free world by standing back and allowing darker forces to prevail.

Media organizations are frequently criticized for a heartless approach to the news. Stories that are damaging to a person's reputation make the front page just as quickly - and many would say even more quickly - as stories that enhance it.

It's a very lovely reputation to have - being a kind person. I try to live up to the fact that people think that about me.

The money is important in life, but the money is not everything. I don't want to sell myself for money. I don't want to sell my reputation for money.

I want to regain my name and my reputation and my life back.

I do not want to gain a reputation for lacking discipline because I always look to play within the laws.

Because at the end of the day, you really only have one reputation and one shot, and once you kind of get that bad reputation and don't have some good results, then it's kind of over. It's really hard to build it back.

I'm not going to sit here and say I'm innocent, because I've done things. But to get the reputation that I've got, I don't think I've done enough. I don't have a criminal record.

I feel like I'm going to have a long career and you don't want to get a bad reputation for certain things.