The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.
I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.
There are two things you will never be without: One is your reputation and the other is your credit rating.
Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.
Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
It is not so easy to obtain a reputation by a perfect work as to enhance the value of an indifferent one by a reputation already acquired.
A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.
The entire social order. . . is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.
Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.
Love, like reputation, once fled, never returns more.
If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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.
Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once. That's the thing. You know, I think that's particularly pertinent with Justin [Bieber] because, like, you just forget how young he is.
I didn't have a job. Employers were afraid of losing their reputations. I didn't have a reputation. I had zilch. So, I had the freedom, which unemployment gives you, and that was to behave as badly as I believed I should under the circumstances. And the circumstances were quite awful.
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.
Especially being a woman of color, sometimes it's hard for to put our foot down. You work with a lot of men, and they'll be like, "She has Joyner the best reputation".
To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.
I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.