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Benjamin Franklin

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

Topic: Reputation
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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

Belief Confidence Conviction Courage Fear Leadership Purpose Reputation

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Whatever you are, be a good one. — Abraham Lincoln

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

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Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many. — Publilius Syrus

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If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people. — Chinese Proverb

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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad deed to lose it. — Benjamin Franklin

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. — John Wooden

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No one returns with good will to the place which has done him a mischief.

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You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

› Joseph Conrad

Friendship Judgment Reputation

The plant reveals what is in the seed. — Egyptian Proverb

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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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Believe a boaster as you would a liar. — Italian Proverb

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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation. — Susan B. Anthony

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

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

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

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Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are. — Miguel de Cervantes

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

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

You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it. — Harvey Mackay

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

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