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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.

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.

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.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

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

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

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.