Reputation Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old reputation quotes, reputation sayings, and reputation proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. St. Evermond
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. Petrarch
Your brand name is only as good as your reputation. Richard Branson
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. Jeff Bezos
People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are. George Eliot
Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon. Mark Twain
There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. Charles Caleb Colton
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln
Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. William Wycherley
Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert. Laurence J. Peter
The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. Samuel Johnson
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. Elbert Hubbard
Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars. Rupert Murdoch
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. Mencius
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. Dag Hammarskjold
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. Margaret Mitchell
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me. Dwight L. Moody
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
A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity. Baltasar Gracian
Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can't be good, be careful. Baltasar Gracian
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. Edgar Watson Howe
The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter. F. Scott Fitzgerald
You can't buy a good reputation you must earn it. Harvey Mackay
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford
Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are. Henry H. Saunderson
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A reputation for good judgment for fair dealing for truth and for rectitude is itself a fortune. Henry Ward Beecher
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
It's not who you know that matters it's who knows you that's important. Personal branding builds up your reputation to the point where you have a presence even in your absence. Jarod Kintz