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William Shakespeare

We go to gain a little patch of ground, that hath in it no profit but the name.

Topic: Reputation
Location: Hana, Hawaii, Maui
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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There is neither good or bad, but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare

I drink to the general joy of the whole table. — William Shakespeare

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O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! — William Shakespeare

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Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. — William Shakespeare

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To weep is to make less the depth of grief. — William Shakespeare

A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. — William Shakespeare

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"So so" is very good, very good, very excellent good: and yet it is not; it is but so so. — William Shakespeare

Keep a good tongue in your head. — William Shakespeare

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Pray you now, forget and forgive. — William Shakespeare

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An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies. — Proverbs 14:5

There is little success where there is little laughter. — Andrew Carnegie

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Get a good idea, and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done, and done right. — Walt Disney

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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. — John Adams

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. — Dr. Seuss

The most important things ever said are the things you've said to yourself. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. — Mark Twain

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Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. — Abraham Lincoln

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If you have money, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. — Arabian Proverb

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More on Reputation

One should act as he may, not as he would like to. — Hungarian Proverb

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There’s neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. — William Shakespeare

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The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. — William Shakespeare

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The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be. — Socrates

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The force of his own merit makes his way. — William Shakespeare

Belief Confidence Conviction Courage Fear Leadership Purpose Reputation

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

› Demosthenes

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By the work one knows the workman. — Jean de La Fontaine

Reputation Work

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership. — Lee Iacocca

Friendship Leadership Reputation

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Misfortune Reputation Wisdom

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

Character Reputation

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

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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university. — Albert Einstein

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It is with literature as with law or empire—an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession. — Edgar Allan Poe

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

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Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. — Mark Twain

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Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. — William Shakespeare

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It's the small choices we make over time that define who we are. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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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

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You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. — Irish Proverb

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Never point out the mistakes of another with a dirty finger. — Italian Proverb

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A reputation for good judgement, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune. — Henry Ward Beecher

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No man will ever bring out the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

› Thomas Jefferson

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Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation. — Jim Rohn

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Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. — Lord Chesterfield

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