A fair reputation is a plant of delicate nature, and by no means rapid in its growth. It will not shoot up, like the gourd of the prophet, in a single night, but like that gourd in a single night it may perish.
J. Hawes
A good reputation grows slowly but, like Jonah's gourd, can be destroyed in a single night.
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Slander can be lived down by our manner of living; it is not lived down by words of indignation.
— Ellen G. White
Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from …
— Unknown
Character is very different from reputation. A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinions o…
— Unknown
Charteris, a man distinguished for his honesty, “I would give a thousand pounds for your good name,” the colonel asked w…
— Colonel Charteris
One night a traveling couple named Fred and Marlene Nichols had stopped at a service station when they were suddenly str…
— Bobby Knight
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
— D. L. Moody
