The assassin and the slanderer differ only in the weapon they use;
with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue.
The latter is worse than the former, for the first only kills the body,
while the other murders the reputation
--Tyron Edwards
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem
your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
--George Washington
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what a reputation is.
You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.
--Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
--Elbert Hubbard
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle,
and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around
in line in front of windows, just waiting.
--Robert Benchley Benchley -- or Else!
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are; your reputation
is merely what others think you are.
--John Wooden Hall of Fame Basketball coach
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself
a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about
repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers
used in the struggle for independence.
--Charles A. Beard
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