Quotes About Reputation

A name is what a man makes it," I

Life, he decided, was never a question of accumulating material things, nor in the struggle for reputation, but in the widening and deepening of perception, increasing the sensitivity of the faculties, of an awareness of the world in which one lives.

notoriety is not real glory.

When people do one mean thing they are very likely to do another

The Morgans were never litigious.

Meanwhile, with a stigma attached to foreign holdings

He was also accused of mixing the lawless and the honorable, of ignoring ethical niceties, in a manner reminiscent of his father.

Despite being the target of so much public obloquy, Rockefeller seemed fearless.

Throughout his career, Hamilton was outspoken to a fault, while Burr was a man of ingrained secrecy. He gloried in his sphinxlike reputation and once described himself thus in the third person: "He is a grave, silent, strange sort of animal, inasmuch that we know not what to make of him.

businessmen respected them for their honest dealings.

the two J. P. Morgans even walked and talked alike.

Rockefeller was still held responsible for the sins of Standard Oil

Articles began to appear with titles like "The Human Side of John D. Rockefeller," as if its existence wasn't taken for granted.

These horror stories about Hamilton have been regurgitated for two centuries and are now engraved on the memories of historians and readers alike. Unfortunately, these vignettes often cruelly misrepresent Hamilton and have done no small damage to his reputation. Jefferson understood very well the power of laying down a paper trail.

Many thought he was being retained because his name was Rockefeller

Never under any circumstances do an action which could be called in question if known to the world.

If Senior tried to shut out his critics, Junior was hypersensitive to insinuations about his father.

Significantly, Rockefeller surrounded himself in the early 1890s with brand-new men who could defend his past with total sincerity—and total ignorance

Junior's presence at 26 Broadway further ensured that father would behave more ethically than in the past.

This argument miscarried on several counts: Rockefeller resented any references to his infamy, felt no need to cleanse his reputation, and rebelled against any insinuation that his charity was selfishly motivated.

John never aspired to popularity at the school.

ad John D. Rockefeller died in 1902, at the outset of the Tarbell series, he would be known today almost exclusively as a narrow man of swashbuckling brilliance in business

Customers don't distinguish between you and the company you work for. To the customer's way of thinking, you are the company.

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."1