Quotes about Reputation
He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?' 'No, I have not.' 'Well, well, such is fame!
— Arthur Conan Doyle
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence, the question is what you can make people believe that you have done.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
In a storm, I think, 'What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. For what has thou given up thy goods, thy ease, thy friends, thy reputation, thy country, thy life?'
— John Wesley
In the end, the only 'good name' that matters is not how men feel about us, but how God feels about us.
— John Piper
If you have pity for perishing people and a passion for the reputation of Christ, you must care about world missions.
— John Piper
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.
— John Wooden
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.
— John Wooden
Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad Company.
— George Washington
Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.
— John Ortberg
As Tom Wright describes it, Mary's Song is the "gospel before the gospel" and it "goes with a swing and a clap and a stamp." Mary's Song is an expression of gratitude for God morphing her bad reputation into a messianic vocation. But her past is even more than this unfortunate label.
— Scot McKnight
The "pure" in heart know the temptation of externalism and the social honor that comes with being pure in hands, or in observance, or in reputation (15:1—20; 23:25—28).41 But the pure in heart see God as a person to be loved, so their first priority is God, and this love leads to loving others well.
— Scot McKnight
When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
— Mark Twain