Reputation is seeming; character is being. Reputation is manufactured; character is grown. Reputation is your photograph; There is a vast difference between character and reputation. Reputation is what men think we are; character is what God knows us to be. Reputation is seeming; character is being. Reputation is the breath of men; character is the inbreathing of the eternal God. One may for a time have a good reputation and a bad character, or the reverse ; but not for long.
Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.
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.
It's the behaviour of your company and its people that form your reputation, and your reputation is your brand
In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.
Reputation Is Temporary..As Much as The Man Owning Your Reputation Is
As a negotiator, you should strive for a reputation of being fair. Your reputation precedes you. Let it precede you in a way that paves success.
Because at the end of the day, you really only have one reputation and one shot, and once you kind of get that bad reputation and don't have some good results, then it's kind of over. It's really hard to build it back.
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.
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!
Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.
Reputation is what people think you are. Character is who you really are. Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself. The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.
When a management with reputation for brilliance gets hooked up with a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact.