An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one. — Tacitus
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. — William Shakespeare
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. — Benjamin Franklin
Once established, reputations do not easily change. — Albert Bandura
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. — James Russell Lowell
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. — Pliny The Elder
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish. — Theodore Dalrymple
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. — Lois McMaster Bujold
A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets. — Li Ka-shing
I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations. — Aristotle Onassis
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. — Wayne Dyer
Short Bad Reputation Quotes
If you want to change your reputation, change your behavior. Your reputation will catch up. — Alex Hormozi
A good impression is lost so quickly. — Claude Monet
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. — Mencius
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. — Henry Ford
Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever. — Proverbs
Royalty does good and is badly spoken of. — Antisthenes
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. — Thomas Paine
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. — Tacitus
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was. — Margaret Mitchell
Do not make too many commitments as it will affect your reputation. — Tibetan Proverbs
Bad Reputation Image Quotes
One bad chapter does not mean your story is over.
Having A Bad Reputation Quotes
If you fellows have been hunted from one end of the country to the other as I have been, you’ll understand what a bad man’s reputation is built on. I’ve had credit for more killings than I ever dreamt of — Doc Holliday
I have a bad reputation for being temperamental. — Ted Kotcheff
It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation. — Jim Rohn
If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.
Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once. — James Corden
I don't want to be an exception, because I was very outspoken about Performance Enhancing Drugs. It would be bad for my reputation if I would have an exemption [for doping test] - I don't want to have a free pass, I want to be like everybody else. — Georges St-Pierre
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. — Jules Feiffer
Persist to overcome. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
A lot of people would say "well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy" and I would say yea. but I am passionate about music and being taken seriously about my music, so if you're going to mess with that, we have a problem. — Joan Jett
You could say that the Hell's Angels have a bad reputation, then you talk to a biker, and he's trying to join it. It just depends upon who you're talking to about reputation. — Anton Newcombe
You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good; You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright; Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes. — Billy Joel
I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't function in the world without stereotypes. — W. J. T. Mitchell
I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable. — Paul Scofield
Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you’ll have to marry me to save your reputation. — Margaret Mitchell
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk. — Robert Bloch
I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business. — Stanley Kubrick
My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world. — William Rosenberg
Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.
This hair has a reputation of being stereotypically punk rock, and I'm the girliest person you'll ever find so it took a while for me to figure out how to convey my style. I never wear black very often anymore, all the colors I wear are extremely soft and lovely. — Ariana Grande
I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation. — Joan Jett
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose. — Ludwig van Beethoven
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark. — Calamity Jane
My Life Is Worst Quotes
In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. — George Best
I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals. — Chaka Khan
Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have toiled & saved that they may leave something to their families deprived of their care & the support of their labour, is to my mind the worst of crimes. — Robert E. Lee
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.
If Party of Five hadnt done well, it would have been a bunch of names involved in the demise. But if Time of Your Life doesnt do well, it will be my name. You have to prepare for the worst. This is a very fickle business. — Jennifer Love Hewitt
I had sinus surgery the day after Christmas and it has been the worst surgery of my life. Very painful. And on top of it everyone of course thought I got a nose job. Which is so funny because if you know me I would have told you I got a nose job I'm not gonna keep it a secret. — Kaley Cuoco
Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick. — Robbie Williams
Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
My policy is to learn from the past, focus on the present, and dream about the future. I'm a firm believer in learning from adversity. Often the worst of times can turn to your advantage - my life is a study of that. — Donald Trump
All my life is passing in front of my eyes. The worst part of it is I'm driving a used car. — Woody Allen
The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is loving myself 100%. And that's still a battle. I love myself, but sometimes you can be your own worst enemy. And I think I've been my worst enemy in life, because others haven't been able to do anything to me unless I allowed them to do it. — Mike Epps
School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible. — E. M. Forster
My Life Is Bad Quotes
It is better to be alone than in bad company. — Unknown Author
Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence. — DMX
I remain committed to my core family as one I can trust and depend on. The end result is the assurance that I'm surrounded by the people who will help me, stick by me, and fight alongside me, through good and bad, life and death. — Sonny Barger
You have to fight through the bad days in order to earn the best days.
My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch. — Lee Trevino
Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly. — Peter Guber
I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven — Tupac Shakur
If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.
Every day is a miracle. No matter how bad my
circumstances, I have the freedom to choose my
attitude to life, even to find joy. Evil is not new.
It is up to us how we deal with both good and bad.
No one can take this power away from us. — Alice Herz-Sommer
The perfect life is the combination of great moments and bad ones, and under that point of view, my life is fantastic, because I've certainly hit more than one bump. — Alex Zanardi
My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad about me, I will walk away. But if a guy like Steven Seagal slaps me once, I will slap him twice as hard. Life is full of violence. — Jean-Claude Van Damme
Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live. — Oscar Niemeyer
Good Reputation Quotes
A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes along and tries to piss on it. But if you fall asleep and neglect it...You'll wake up with ashes. — Zachary Taylor
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. — Thorstein Veblen
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. — Thorstein Veblen
You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. — George Washington
Most of the jobs you get are more or less through word of mouth, or a recommendation. It’s really important to have a good reputation. — Adam Grant
If you want to be good at something, you must first be willing to be bad at it.
Good perfume is known by its own scent rather than by the perfumer's advertisement. — Afghan Proverbs
A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others. — George Eastman
The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on. — Washington Irving
"What place would you advise me to visit now?" he asked. "The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation." — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Reputation Quotes
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. — John Wooden
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for. — Ronald Reagan
Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship. — Mike Paul
Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention. — Andrew Carnegie
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. — Jeff Bezos
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. — Abraham Lincoln
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. — Henry A Kissinger
Bad Publicity Quotes
If my lips teach the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they may exasperate to madness men they persecute and ill treat, my life will not be entirely thrown away. — Ned Kelly
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals. — Mark Twain
The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals — Chrissie Hynde
We have had good and bad Presidents, and it is a consoling reflection that the American Nation possesses such elements of prosperity that the bad Presidents cannot destroy it, and have been able to do no more than slightly to retard the public's advancement. — Henry Clay
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public. — Oscar Wilde
The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard - and women have been affected even more badly than men. — Nicola Sturgeon
Public speaking is only bad if your clothes don’t fit correctly. — Isaac Mashman
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. — Mackenzie King
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation. — Jocko Willink
Referrals are very powerful. When I refer you, I give a little bit of my reputation away. If you do a good job, my friend that hired you is pleased. But if you do a bad job, that reflects badly on me. People forget that. — Ivan Misner
If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly fulfill, they would not be in such bad repute with the lay- public. — Isocrates
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him, and must protect himself from those that will not lose it for him, if this is possible; but if he cannot, he need not concern himself unduly if he ignores these less serious vices. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Laugh at a bad reputation. Fear a good one that you could not sustain. — Robert Bresson
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. — Warren Buffett
I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad. Even though there are some people who do very well, like Marc Rich-who plainly has never had any decent ethics, or seldom anyway. But in the end, Warren Buffett has done better than Marc Rich-in money-not just in reputation. — Charlie Munger
I don't want to fail, of course. But even though I didn't know how bad things really were, I still had a lot to think about before I said yes. I had to consider the implications for Pixar, for my family, for my reputation. I decided that I didn't really care, because this is what I want to do. If I try my best and fail, well, I've tried my best. — Steve Jobs
People say I've got a bad reputation. I think I've got the best reputation in the building. — Kanye West
A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. — Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch
Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. — Henry Kissinger
Some staff doesn't work well under pressure. So I make sure that my staff is very comfortable. I've got a bad reputation for being quite callous when it comes to culling staff. They are selected personally by me. I socialize with all my staff and they know me well and I consider them friends and we travel overseas together. — Charles Teo
We don't live in the old world. But I don't want everyone to know what I've done. We all know every kind of example we could throw out there. The world we see online is very spiteful, we all know about people who have had bad stories thrown at them. If we were more generous I might be more happy about the reputation economy. — Andrew Keen
Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten. — Buddha
As the malicious disposition of mankind is too well known, and the cruel pleasure which they take in destroying the reputation of others, the use we are to make of this knowledge is, to afford no handle for reproach; for bad as the world is, it seldom falls on anyone who hath not given some slight cause for censure. — Henry Fielding
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis. — Samuel E. Morison
What is a good man?
Simply one whose life is useful to the world.
And a bad man is simply one whose life is harmful to others.
There are, however, those who are harmful and yet enjoy a good reputation, and who manage to profit by a show of usefulness.
These are the worst of all. — Zhang Zhao
People's reputations are made in the bad times more than the good times. — Jason Calacanis
Colonialism has a bad reputation in the modern context, but Colonial Africa was a far better place for both black and white before the colonists gave up. — Jeff Cooper
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis. — Samuel Eliot Morison
There's good directors and bad directors. Some of the critics are really conscientious and really try to do what they can popularize the work or to explain the work and so on. And then there's the critics who just wants to make a reputation by attacking. Those are the ones I'm not keen on. — Peter Bogdanovich
Confessions may be good for the soul but they are bad for the reputation. — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
I don't believe in destroying GOOD mysteries or adding to BAD reputations. — John Balance
The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic Gypsies, to describe artists and writers who stayed up all night and ignored the pressures of the industrial world. — Sarah Thornton
All gods are better than their reputation. — Mark Twain
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards -- who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute. — Thornton Wilder
An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation. — Doug Larson
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