Dave Thomas Quotes

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

I did not have a reputation to defend.

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.

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

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.

It's your career, your face, your name. You have to be in control because if something gets messed up or something doesn't look how you want it to, you're the only one to blame.

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.

I'm very cautious of how I'm presented and my type of reputation.

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

He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

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

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.

You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give.

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.