Character And Reputation Quotes by Solomon, Charles Caleb Colton, Joseph Hall, Bruce Lee, Helen Keller, John Bartholomew Gough and many others.
A good name is better than precious ointment.
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
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.
Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Some think the only way to get even, to get attention or advantage, or to win is to bash people. This kind of behavior is never appropriate. Oftentimes character and reputation and almost always self-esteem are destroyed under the hammer of this vicious practice.
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.
Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
