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Dollars had once gathered like autumn leaves on the wooden collection plates; dollars were the flourishing sign of God's specifically American favor, made manifest in the uncountable millions of Carnegie and Mellon and Henry Ford and Catholina Lambert. But amid this fabled plenty the whiff of damnation had cleared of dollars and cents the parched ground around Clarence Wilmot.
- John Updike
The first breathe of adultery is the freest.
- John Updike
Love has its own ethics, which the deliberating will irrevocably offends.
- John Updike
Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
- John Wooden
Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden
Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.
- John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden
You can do more good by being good than any other way.
- John Wooden
As a leader you must be sincerely committed to what's right rather than who's right.
- John Wooden
Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.
- John Wooden
Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
- John Wooden
Ethics and Attitude Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are. Character is more important.
- John Wooden