Quotes about Reputation

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it...To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.

I am not worried that nobody knows me. I seek to become fit to be known

The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, ". . and speak all the good I know of everybody.

Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people, that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, " … and speak all the good I know of everybody.

And it might be well to assume and state openly that other people have the virtue you want them to develop. Give them a fine reputation to live up to, and they will make prodigious efforts rather than see you disillusioned.