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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll read more
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of
reputation but by himself.
It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of
reputation but by himself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
I see my reputation is at stake;
My fame is shrewdly gored.
I see my reputation is at stake;
My fame is shrewdly gored.
Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down!
Should envious tongues some malice frame; to soil and tarnish your good name; Live it Down!
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
