Reputation Quotes

• Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.

• 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.

• The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay.

• Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

• If I've learned one thing in the 14 years I've been a full-time cartoonist, it's that you can not let anyone else define your professionalism. It has to be a personal ethos to which you adhere despite third party influence or acceptance. The old measuring sticks for professionalism are going away and now more than ever it's time for independent creatives to set the bar. Set it high.

• Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

• One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

• A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.

• Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

• There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.

• A good reputation is more valuable than 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.

• Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

• Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

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