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Reputation Quotes

Built slowly, lost quickly.

These lines reflect on how long reputation takes to build and how quickly it can unravel, a warning meant to change how people act day to day. More on trust is in Good.

One of the signs of a bad coworker is a pattern of persistent undermining - intentionally hindering a colleague's success, reputation, or relationships.

Quotes by Adam Grant

It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.

Quotes by Aaron Rodgers

If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.

Quotes by Xavier Niel

I was 20 years old when I started playing in the Premier League. Maybe mentally I wasn't quite prepared for it, and that has earned me a reputation.

Quotes by Wojciech Szczesny

Bad Quotes

The Huntington Theatre has a really fine reputation. I was keenly aware of how well thought of they are and that they develop and support new plays.

Quotes by Winnie Holzman

I've always had a reputation as a buffoon.

Quotes by Willard Scott

Modernism has a reputation for being a forbidding phenomenon: its visual arts disconcertingly non-representational, its literary efforts devoid of the consolations of plot and character - even its films, it's argued, fall well short of that true desideratum: entertainment.

Quotes by Will Self

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.

Quotes by Wietse Venema

Everybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public.

Quotes by Wesley Clark

Being Quotes

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

Quotes by Warren Spahn

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

Warren Buffett

But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation.

Quotes by Vitruvius

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one.

Quotes by Vitruvius

I don't have a reputation of being a super-witch who demands pink rugs in the dressing room.

Quotes by Valerie Harper

Good Quotes

Bob Dylan is either the most public private man in the world or the most private public one. He has a reputation for being silent and reclusive; he is neither.

Quotes by Tom Junod

The Senate has a reputation as quite a collegial place, and I have found that to be true, especially with the women.

Quotes by Tina Smith

I have this burgeoning reputation for playing a scumbag.

Quotes by Tim Daly

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

Thomas Jefferson

I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.

Quotes by Ted Kotcheff

Great Quotes

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is this reputation quotes collection about?
This page gathers quotes on how reputation is built, protected, and sometimes lost quickly, drawing from sports, military life, and classical writing. It pairs well with our Good collection for related reflection.
Why do people search for reputation quotes?
People often want words that capture how much effort it takes to earn a good name compared to how easily it can be damaged, especially in professional or public settings. These quotes offer a memorable way to express that.
What's the most quotable line in this collection?
One widely shared line notes how many years of steady effort it takes to earn a good name, against how briefly a single careless moment can undo it, a stark reminder to act carefully when it counts. It's one of the more universally applicable quotes on the page.
Do these quotes cover professional achievement too?
Yes, one baseball-related quote ties reputation directly to measurable performance numbers, showing how consistent statistical success builds both financial reward and standing in a sport. That grounds the theme in a concrete, results-driven example.
How can these quotes be used?
They work well as reminders about integrity, career caution, or professional conduct, and pair with our Being and Great pages for more on character and achievement.

Other quotes look at reputation in specific fields, from a pitcher's numbers shaping salary and respect to an old preface declining credit rather than publishing early. See Great or Being.