A good name is better than precious ointment. Ecclesiastes 7:1 – Bible
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, youll do things differently. – Warren Buffett
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. – Charles Caleb Colton
Id like people to think of me as someone who cares about them. – Princess of Wales Diana
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. – St. Evermond
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. – Benjamin Franklin
His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity. – John B. Gough
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. – Joseph Hall
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. – Dag Hammarskjold
How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made! – Oliver Wendell Holmes
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. – Edward W. Howe
He that has the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon. – James Howell
Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. – Lord Jeffrey
The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson
For Gods sake (I never was more serious) dont make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print… substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question. – Charles Lamb
We would all like a reputation for generosity and wed all like to buy it cheap. – Mignon McLaughlin
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. – Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)
Until youve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was. – Margaret Mitchell
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me. – Dwight L. Moody
