The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.
No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.
Sceptics are persuaded by a good reputation, for it is an unspoken statement of proof.
I hope that I have gained the reputation of being someone that would do anything. I think that that's an admirable reputation to have if you're an actor.
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public.
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
I don't mind having a reputation as a serious and spiritual person. I think that would be a nice reputation to have.
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Sometimes it takes only an hour to get a reputation that lasts for a thousand years.
When ten thousand soldiers lie rotting, the general's reputation is enhanced.
Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.
I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.
My reputation is aggressive this and aggressive that.
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.
But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation.
