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The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them. Socrates
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. Socrates
A good reputation is more valuable than money. Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was. Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 1949)
A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one. Lord Jeffery
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter. Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. Socrates
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. Socrates
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. Buddha
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish.
Timothy ZahnA cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. George Matthew Adams
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it. David Sedaris
Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard. Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989)
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Carol Burnett (1936 - )
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Bobby Knight (1940 - )
I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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