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

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

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

Build your reputation by helping other people build theirs.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.