"I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress."
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"Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else."
"When you do more than you're paid for eventually you will get paid for more than you do. This is a basic truth that also applies to Business, Sales or anything you do. Whatever your endeavor always provide more service than you get paid for and you will develop a reputation that will separate you from the rest."
"In the end, all you have is your reputation."
"Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all the advantages without the disagreeables of reputation."
"That sort of reputation which precedes performance [is] often the larger part of a man's fame."
"There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness."
"Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue."
"I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to."
"One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one."
"On the whole, Chaucer impresses us as greater than his reputation, and not a little like Homer and Shakespeare, for he would haveheld up his head in their company."
"It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great tool to communicate with the various stakeholders in their business and build a reputation for thought leadership."
"It's important for me to live up to my reputation."
"Still, it formed one of my basic beliefs about success which is this: most of the time, success can be measured in terms of how much more than others you have of something that's in short supply. This includes money, reputation, respect, etc."
"The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive."
"Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure."
"If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty."
"You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win."
"It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born."
"Epidemics of "bad" voice can kill your reputation overnight."