It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
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 is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.
A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets.
A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.
Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
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