Quotes About Reputation

As the saying goes, I don't want his blood on the rug.

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there's almost nothing you can do to reshape it.

Posidonius holds that riches are a cause of evil, not because they do evil themselves but because of the evil they goad men to do. . . . Riches puff up the spirit and beget pride. They bring on envy and unsettle the mind to such an extent that a reputation for having money delights us, even when that reputation will do us harm. Seneca, Epistles 87.31

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you will do things differently.

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minuted to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

His [the author's] renown… has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure.

The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.

A Sasquatch-like creature. Those were their words, not mine. I didn't even know the word Sasquatch. Had I known the problems it would cause - just the suggestion I'd seen such a thing - I would have never opened my mouth about it.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Me – accused of being too nice. It boggles the mind.

Well, I've got three things working against me before I even walk into the room: 1. I'm the last speaker of the day. The fans are tired and a little burned out. 2. I'm following Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis. They do conventions together all the time, have a set routine that never fails, and the fans adore them. 3. I was Wesley Crusher.

The halo effect adds the final touches, lending an aura of invincibility to the heroes of the story.

and what he knows and we know (Odysseus), the poet introduces an important theme that will continue to grow throughout his poem, which is: What is the difference between who we are and what others know about us? This tension between anonymity and identity will be a

Employers had learned long ago that the online presence of an individual spoke volumes about his character.

We believe that a career without scandal is not a proper career at all. - Gabriel Allon

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.

There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.

The worst critiques come when we least deserve them." What is our response to be? We are to be bigger than the man who enjoys flying rumors and throwing stones, to flee from the market of rumor mongering. And we are to trust God with our character and reputation. Thank you, Father, that you protect me not only from physical harm, but the damage caused by words. Help me to walk blameless in your sight each day.

They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.