Watching those guys pummel each other so no one would suspect them of being weak was too much for me. Their reputations were more important than their faces.
Repetition makes reputation.
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.
A good name is better than precious ointment.
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.
I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.
Concealed talent brings no reputation.
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
A man whose extraordinary reputation thus lifts him up to the notice and observation of mankind, draws a multitude of eyes upon him, that will narrowly inspect every part of him.
In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!
Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.
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