John Wooden
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.

Abraham Lincoln
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is; the tree is the real thing.

Warren Buffet
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero
“When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men’s minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.”

Colin Powell
“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.”