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Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness.
- Herman Melville
A reputation takes years and years and years to build, and it takes one press of a button to ruin it. Don't let that happen to you. You've done so much work; you've put in so much effort. Don't let one moment ruin your entire life because you wanted to be funny or you were mad or because you had a mood.
- J. J. Watt
Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.
- Billy Sunday
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
- Lou Holtz
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
- St. Augustine
Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I tell young guys, you need to build accountability into your life to avoid the pitfalls.
- Ted DiBiase Sr.
I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.
- Clay Aiken
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.
- Walter Anderson
By the fruits which it bears is the tree known.
- Jan Hus
My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.
- David Green
I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.
- Julie Andrews