Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Quote by St Francis De Sales

Topics: Reputation Quotes, Virtue Quotes

We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our...

We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our...

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage...

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage...

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said...

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of...

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of...

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I...

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy...

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy...

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...