#reputation

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#gigantic #him #his #like #man

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#integrity #lie #reputation #single #whole

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation. ↗

— Henry Anatole Grunwald

#after #cases #civilized #civilized society #defense

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. ↗

— Joseph Hall

#broken #crack #eyes #keep #may

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. ↗

— Richard Hanna

#avoid #even #hard #i #reputation

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#approach #awhile #every #last #nickel

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#brother #doubtful #greater #had #half

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man. ↗

— Sam Houston

#give #honest #honest man #i #if i could

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

— Elbert Hubbard

#his #know #man #many #met

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#i #need #office #order #president