Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.
While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.
No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.
Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service.
I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.