Character vs. Reputation
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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Reputation Quote
A reputation that took decades to build can be threatened by a single event.
25 of the Most Inspirational Quotes
. What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. ~Ralph Marston
2. Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. ~John F. Kennedy
3. What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become by achieving your goals. ~Henry David Thoreau
4. To be a good loser is to learn how to win. ~Carl Sandburg
5. To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
6. When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. ~Thomas Jefferson
7. Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~Henry Ford
8. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ~Albert Einstein
9. For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. ~Charles De Gaulle
10. True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents. ~John W. Gardner
11. We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. ~Orison Swett Marden
12. What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. ~Henry David Thoreau
13. Wherever you are – be all there. ~Jim Elliot
14. Who seeks shall find. ~Sophocles
15. Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. ~Gordon B. Hinckley
16. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ~C. S. Lewis
17. You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. ~Ted Turner
18. You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. ~Henry Ford
19. You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine. ~Flip Wilson
20. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~Jack London
21. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. ~George S. Patton
22. Destiny is not a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice. ~Anonymous
23. Excellence is to do a common thing, in an uncommon way. ~Booker T. Washington
24. Do not let what you can not do, interfere with what you can do. ~John Wooden
25. One man with courage makes a majority. ~Andrew Jackson
Top 20 Henry Ford Quotes
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” – Henry Ford
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.” – Henry Ford
“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” – Henry Ford
“I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.” – Henry Ford
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain” – Henry Ford
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” – Henry Ford
“Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.” – Henry Ford
“There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can” – Henry Ford
“I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.” – Henry Ford
“Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.” – Henry Ford
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford
“When I can’t handle events, I let them handle themselves”- Henry Ford
“Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.” – Henry Ford
“There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” – Henry Ford
“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.” – Henry Ford
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” – Henry Ford
“There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.” – Henry Ford
Hard Work Quotes
There is no substitute for hard work. – Thomas A Edison
It is like the seed put in the soil — the more one sows, the greater the harvest. – Orison Swett Marden
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard – Anonymous
Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest. – Marquis De Vauvenargues
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make. – Gorden B. Hinkley
Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes; work never begun. – Christina Rossetti
Remember that you are needed. There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it. – Charles L. Allen
It is better to wear out than to rust out. – George Whitefield
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. – Robert H. Schuller
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume. – Madeleine Albright
Men who do things without being told draw the most wages. – Edwin H. Stuart
Realities of Life
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. – Sun Tzu
By always taking out and never putting in, the bottom is soon reached. – Spanish proverb
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. – Confucius
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. – Lao Tzu
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. – Confucius
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. – Chinese proverb
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? – Confucius
If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it’s OK. But you’ve got to shoot for something. A lot of people don’t even shoot. – Confucius
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people. – Chinese Proverb
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. – Bruce Lee
The cautious seldom err. – Confucius
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. – Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. – Confucius
The man of wisdom is never in two minds about right and wrong; the man of benevolence never worries about the future; the man of courage is never afraid. – Confucius
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. – Confucius
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. – Japanese proverb
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. – Confucius
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. – Confucius
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. – Confucius
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. – Confucius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. – Confucius
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. – Confucius
When anger rises, think of the consequences. – Confucius
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. – Confucius
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. – Confucius
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? – Confucius