Arnold Bennett Quotes

You convey something that the public either trusts or it does not trust, and it has to do with the content and how you handle the news, but it also just has something to do with your persona.

People who trust me will not be swayed by what's been said about me, and for people who don't, no amount of good reports will persuade them.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

People are really concerned with what other people are saying about them.

It is sometimes difficult to understand the intensity of our public critics. Criticism of our efficiency is one thing, criticism of our responsibility quite another… We are an important arm of government, a legitimate object of public concern …. I find it most painful, however, when public debate lessens our usefulness to the nation by casting doubt on our integrity and objectivity. If we are not believed, we have no purpose.

A lot of times, what people see is what they hear or what's on your Instagram.

It was funny because on the day that I joined the club, the newspaper that broke the news was one that people don't always trust or believe. Then, when I signed, and there were pictures of me and Sir Alex Ferguson, people believed it.

I've always been interested in image and reputation management. Because really, when you think about it, it is an old phrase, but all we have is our word and our good name.

If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.

In addition to trying to do the right thing and obey the law and follow principle, there's a part of the conservative, slash, Republican movement that believes if we just show that we're fair and impeccable, then we will get credit from those who think we're all these horrible things, and maybe they won't hate us as much.

The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it!

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?

It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.

You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.

We created a brand for ourselves, so that now people can't get mad at what we do, because then they're just making of themselves.

I understand there's damage control to do on my image, but people are always gonna have their opinion of me no matter what. I understand 100 people may like me and 1,000 people may hate me. That's fine.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.