Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.

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.

I think I stumbled upon a voice people associate with me with 'The Deal.'

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.

I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations.

Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.

No one's reputation is quite what he himself perceives it ought to be.

My public image is none of my business.

To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.

Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

In the end, all you have is your reputation.

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!

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

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

I am better than my reputation.

Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.