Reputations
“There’s only six inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the arse.” My uncle, I think
"Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein
"Public relations is about reputation - the result of what you do, what you say and what others say about you... Public relations practice is the discipline which looks after reputation with the aim of earning understanding and support and influencing opinion and behaviour." Institute of Public Relations
"Inasmuch as reputation affects marketing, public relations has a key part to play in the marketing mix. It also can have a crucial role in communicating an organisation's corporate objectives to key audiences and may form an integral part of the management function, enhancing internal [employee] and external relationships. Good PR thus can have a significant contribution to a company's competitiveness and overall market position." Department for Trade and Industry
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
Oscar Wilde
"Good name in man or woman, dear my Lord is the immediate jewel of their souls: who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothings, '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." William Shakespeare "My reputation grows with every failure." George Bernard Shaw "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." Warren Buffett "Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like" Chinese Proverbs "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company." George Washington "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." Thomas Paine "A good reputation is more valuable than money." Publilius Syrus "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." Henry Ford "The way to gain a good reputation is to
endeavour to be what you desire to appear." Socrates "Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom." Myrtle Reed "Nobody raises his reputation by lowering others" Anonymous "Reputations are created every day and every minute." Anonymous "Never make negative comments or spread
rumours about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours." Brian Koslow "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." Henry Kissinger "It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." Isaac Asimov "A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is." Anonymous "It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose
it." Benjamin Franklin "The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size" French Proverb "A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity." Baltasar Gracian "You don't build a reputation on what you're going to
do." Henry Ford "Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing." Michael Iapoce "Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving." William Shakespeare "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 "The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation and character." John D. Rockefeller "It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking; if your own tongue must praise
you." Matthew Hale "Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom." Euripides "There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast." Brian Koslow "Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness." Mencius "Judge a man by the reputation of his
enemies." Arabian Proverb "Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue." St. Francis de Sales "A woman can defend her virtue from men, much more easily than she can protect her reputation from
women." Elbert Hubbard "Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do." James Russell Lowell "Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is." Margaret Mitchell "We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it
cheap." Mignon McLaughlin "The purest treasure mortal times afford, is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay." William Shakespeare "The universal object and idol of men of letters is
reputation." John Adams "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is
bestial." William Shakespeare "With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being
civilized." Oscar Wilde "A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment" Ernest Bramah "Reputations are made by searching for things that can't be done and doing
them." Frank Tyger "Earn a reputation for living well in God's eyes and the eyes of the people." Bible "It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made - so faithful is the
public." Arnold Bennett "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." Benjamin Haydon "Reputation is a bubble which man bursts when he tries to blow it for
himself." Unknown "It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired
it." Unknown "The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his
reputation." Samuel Butler "One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy." Brian Koslow "Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs." Anthony J. D'Angelo "Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit." James Russell Lowell "At every word a reputation dies." Alexander Pope "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." Charles Caleb Colton "There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter." Charles Caleb Colton "Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation." Proverb
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