Quotes About Reputation

If people speak ill of you, live so that no one will believe them. —Plato

You aren't famous until my mother has heard of you.

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

Relax Guild Boss. You have my word of honor that I won't tell a soul about your connection to Watson Whitaker." she winked. "Frankly,though, I doubt if the story would do you any real damage if it did get out. Might even give you a boost in the popularity ratings back home. People love legends.

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

From what I hear of what has been appearing in the newspapers," Ike wrote his son John, "you are learning that it is easy enough for a man to be a newspaper hero one day and a bum the next.

My buildings are more famous than me.

I've been hearing about Shakespeare all my life, but I had no idea he really wrote so well; I always suspected him of going largely on his reputation.

I don't know if I'm a national education figure.

If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless.

Like it or not, football serves as the front door to institutions, with the exception of the Ivy League," Floyd explained. "The reputation of a school is predicated on athletics. Football is first. Basketball is second. If you have a successful football program, it will support all the other revenue and non-revenue sports.

What they call you is one thing, but what you answer to is so much more important.

Online, word of mouth changes. In the old world, someone might tell five people, but in the new world, you can tell 5000. But be careful, because it works both ways. If you make a customer happy, he can tell 5000 people, too.

I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the door, but then it's my job to give them something different.

Never trust anything that a man will not set his reputation and name upon.

1.?What do we want to be known FOR? 2.?What are we known FOR?

A brand is no longer what it tells consumers it is—it is what consumers tell each other it is.

All of that leads me to this: In order to ensure consistent growth, the goal of everyone in the organization should be to make the answers to "What do we want to be known FOR?" and "What are we known FOR?" match. This is also the most important challenge for any leader.

Once people know you're a CHEATER it follows you wherever you go.

Napoleon is said to have had hopes of August 15th. There is an irresistible attraction in the idea of linking one's name with a regularly recurring date.

Reputation is made in a moment; Character is built over a lifetime.

It ain't what they call you; it's what you answer to.

remember what W. C. Fields had to say on this point: "It ain't what they call you; it's what you answer to.