“Your reputation invites scandal. Your temperament assures it.”

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. For your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think 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.”

“Spotlight your Strengths…not your Weaknesses.

Focus on your Character…not your Reputation.

Count your Blessings…not your Misfortunes.”

“Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.”

“Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.”

“Your reputation is what you're perceived to be,
Your character is what you really are”

“If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself.”

“It’s easy to lose your reputation, it’s easy to lose your friends, to lose their confidence, than to regain it.”

“I assure you no art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament — temperament is the word — I know nothing.”