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Quotes About Reputation

Remember us better than we are.
~ John Clare
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit . . . a reputation, character.
~ John D. Rockefeller
An entertainer's reputation as a live act is the most valuable thing he or she can have. If people know you give good shows, you'll never be broke for the rest of your life.
~ Chris Rock
All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.
~ Evel Knievel
O reputation! dearer far than life.
~ James Russell Lowell
I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
~ Rahul Dravid
It's better to live down a scandal than to ruin one's life.
~ Anton Chekhov
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.
~ Michael J. Fox
Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.
~ Roseanne Barr
In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.
~ Sarah Vowell
If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
~ Warren Buffett
Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a way that people will respect you while you're still alive.
~ Charles Cumming
Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left.
~ Chris Murray
A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.
~ Josiah Johnson Hawes
If two of your films don't do well, people say you're out in the cold and your career is over. One film does well, and you've had the best year of your life! I don't believe in all that's written.
~ Priyanka Chopra
Sometimes you may make an announcement about an investigation and then you turn out not to do anything about it, but nonetheless it adversely affects someone's life.
~ Alberto Gonzales
PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction - prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Some people believe that they should have two different lives, and one is what they show on TV and one is their personal life. I am not that person.
~ Bethenny Frankel
Indeed the Idols I have loved so longHave done my credit in this World much wrong:Have drown'd my Glory in a shallow Cup,And sold my Reputation for a Song.
~ Edward Fitzgerald
After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure.
~ Edward R. Murrow
A cheap-minded stays cheap, even after having a high position.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
A sober and noble person cannot ignore its probity and wellness since it is its calibre and prestige.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Date-practitioner never can be a reputable persona.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
People who are so mean and shameless are neither trusted nor can be honorable in the ways of your life. Be wise and stay away from such kinds of people; they only cause hurting your feelings, damaging your reputation, and destroying your time without any Sorry.
~ Ehsan Sehgal