Top 1200 Character And Reputation Quotes & Sayings

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.

Be more interested in character than reputation

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

Character: The ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed. Character simply stated is doing what you said you were going to do. If you develop a reputation for that, do you have any idea the effect that has on self-perception? Its immense, just immense. The Savior was a man of character. He did everything he said he was going to do.

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.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

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.

I never thought I'd have to be fighting for my reputation and the poor horse's reputation.

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.

Mistakes quickly pile up and coalesce into a reputation, and a reputation is hard to shake.

Reputation is what people expect us to do next. It's their expectation of the quality and character of the next thing we produce or say or do. We control our actions (even when it feels like we don't) and our actions over time (especially when we think no one is looking) earn our reputation.

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

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.

Reputation Is Temporary..As Much as The Man Owning Your Reputation Is

It is not for us to give an assessment to what happened, but in our opinion the reputation of British science, the reputation of the British government, and the reputation of the title 'Sir' has sustained heavy damage.

I don't mind having a reputation as a serious and spiritual person. I think that would be a nice reputation to have.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

Where does a character come from? Because a character, at the end of the day, a character will be the combination of the writing of the character, the voicing of the character, the personality of the character, and what the character looks like.

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.

We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must build character in peacetime because there is no time in war. Character is the most important quality you can find in any person, but especially in a soldier. It is the foundation that will get anybody through anything he may encounter. Reputation is what people think you are; character is what you are- that is the staying power.

A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.

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.

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.

Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

I have to be responsible with my character, my image and my reputation.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.

I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, you are minimalizing the character.

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

I don't mind having a reputation as a serious and spiritual person. I think that would be a nice reputation to have

Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.

W. E. B Dubois used the NAACP platform for two decades to discredit the character, reputation, and fund-raising efforts of capitalist and Tuskegee University founder, Booker T. Washington.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private.

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.

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.

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away.

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.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.

I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are, and your reputetion is who people think you re.

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

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.

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.

Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.

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.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.