Character And Reputation Quotes:

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

source: John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

topic: Inspirational, Success, Integrity, Good Character, Best Coaches

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Inspirational, Motivation, Character, Inspirational Character, Best Character

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Success, Honesty, Good Character, Inspirational Character

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

- Dwight L. Moody

topic: Leadership, Character, Care, Character And Reputation, Take Care Of Me

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Clever, Innovation And Leadership, Too Much Power

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

- Billy Graham

source: Twitter post from May 25, 2015

topic: Health, Character, Losing, Good Character, Integrity And Character

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.

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Life, Spiritual, Inspiration, Character And Reputation, Things You Can Control

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

- Carl Jung

source: David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (2012). “Everything Under the Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet”, p.160, Greystone Books

topic: Positive, Inspiring, Inspiration, Taking Action, Character And Reputation

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

- Will Rogers

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Family, Good Character, Lack Of Character

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

- Abigail Van Buren

topic: Life, Friendship, Family, Abby, Inspirational Character

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.

- LeCrae

topic: Character, Care, Reputation, Character And Reputation

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

- Robert Quillen

topic: Fall, Character, Reputation, Character And Reputation

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

- Thomas B. Macaulay

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Real, Life Wisdom, Inspirational Character

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

- John Bartholomew Gough

source: "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 46. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

topic: Inspirational, Character, Reputation, Character And Reputation, Good Reputation

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Change, Character, Angel, Good Character, Inspirational Character

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

topic: Positive, Character, Eye, Character And Reputation, Image And Reputation

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

- James Allen

topic: Inspirational, Birthday, Character, Good Character, Daily Habits

Character is what you are in the dark.

- Dwight L. Moody

source: Attributed in "D.L. Moody" by William R. Moody, (p. 503), 1930.

topic: Inspiring, Inspirational Life, Humorous, Good Character, Integrity And Character

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Respect, Knowledge, Character, Good Character, Martial Arts Inspirational

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

- Mike Paul

topic: Honesty, Block, Humility, Character And Reputation, Being Trusted

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.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Good Character, Soul Force

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

- Elbert Hubbard

topic: Integrity, Character, Men, Integrity Character, Character And Reputation

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Good Character, Strength Of Character

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

- Henry Ford

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Top Management, Marketing And Sales

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

- Anne Frank

topic: Inspirational, Growing Up, Women, Good Character, Many Paths

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

- Stevie Wonder

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Growth Mindset, Integrity And Character

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

- John Wooden

topic: Beautiful, Motivation, Grateful, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

- Thomas Paine

source: Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.190

topic: Life, War, Integrity, Good Character, Inspirational Character

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Attitude, Ambition, My Attitude, Inspirational Character

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

- Arthur Freed

topic: Character, Trying, Different, Integrity And Character, Integrity Character

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

- Margaret Mitchell

source: 1936 Rhett Butler. Gone with the Wind, ch.9.

topic: Lost Love, Reputation, Realizing, Rhett Butler, Character And Reputation

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

- Baltasar Gracian

topic: Truth, Integrity, Lying, Moral Ethics, Lies In Love

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.

- J. C. Watts

topic: Integrity, Character, Thinking, Making Good Choices, Inspirational Character

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

- George Washington

topic: Trust, Hope, Truth, Firmness, Inspirational Character

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

topic: Two, Literature, May, Character And Reputation, Good Reputation

A good name is better than precious ointment.

- Solomon

topic: Family, Names, Character And Reputation, Character Of A Man, Ecclesiastes

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.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 155

topic: Character, Men, Jewels, Defamation, Character And Reputation

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.3

topic: Inspirational, Education, Spiritual, Judgment Of Others, Integrity Character

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

- John D. Rockefeller

topic: Success, Responsibility, Character, Character And Reputation, Singleness Of Purpose

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Success, Glasses, Reputation, Character And Reputation

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

source: JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1871). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS.”, p.14

topic: Happiness, Success, Character, Character And Reputation, Good Reputation

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

- Henry Clay

source: Henry Clay (1981). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Secretary of State 1827”, p.769, University Press of Kentucky

topic: Business, Character, Men, Good Character, Honorable Man

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away.

- William Davis

topic: Character, Community, Going Away, Character And Reputation

Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Men, Names, Jewels, Character And Reputation, Good Reputation

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: I Hate You, Character, People, Good Character, Inspirational Character

The most important thing you wear is your personality.

- America Ferrera

topic: Positive, Personality, Important, Character And Reputation

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

- Lawrence G. Lovasik

source: Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.85, Sophia Institute Press

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Forgiveness, Hurt Feelings, Strength Of Character