Once established, reputations do not easily change.
Interpretation
Reputations, once formed, are difficult to alter.
This quote by Albert Bandura emphasizes the idea that people's perceptions and judgments about others are often cemented over time, making it challenging for individuals to change how they are seen. It suggests that the impressions we leave on others are enduring and can significantly impact our interactions and opportunities throughout life.
In practice
In a discussion on personal branding, you can quote this to highlight the importance of building a positive reputation.
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears.
Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.
A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.
We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.
Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.
The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.
Woe to him who doesn't know how to wear his mask, be he king or pope!
Palestine must be built up without violating the legitimate interests of the Arabs.. Palestine is not Rhodesia... 600,0000 Arabs live there, who before the sense of justice of the world have exactly the same rights to their homes as we have to our National Home.
I'm in favor of destruction, aggression, hating things. Not bearing things anymore. We think the breakdown comes because our life is in bad shape. But maybe the ideas cause the disorder. Something tries to break through and causes the disorder.
Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life is through His help and an expression of His will. He showered His grace on me through some outstanding teachers and colleagues and when I pay my tributes to these fine persons, I am merely praising His glory. We are all born with a divine fire in us.
You can never argue anyone into the Kingdom of Heaven, you cannot argue anyone anywhere. The only result of arguing is to prove to your own mind that you are right and the other fellow wrong. You cannot argue for truth; but immediately Incarnate Truth is presented, a want awakens in the soul which only God can meet.
I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.
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