He had such a gentle method of reproving their faults that they were not so much afraid as ashamed to repeat them.—Atterbury.
Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.—Solon.
Reputation.—The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.—Socrates.
How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!—Holmes.
O, reputation! dearer far than life,
Thou precious balsam, lovely, sweet of smell,
Whose cordial drops once spilt by some rash hand,
Not all the owner's care, nor the repenting toil
Of the rude spiller, ever can collect
To its first purity and native sweetness.
—Sewell.
One may be better than his reputation or his conduct, but never better than his principles.—Laténa.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.—Thomas Paine.
If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter (speaking as to the concernments of this world), if a man spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw; but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of conversation while he is in it, let him make use of truth and sincerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end.—Tillotson.
Resignation.—Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.—Professor Vinet.
If God send thee a cross, take it up willingly and follow him. Use it wisely, lest it be unprofitable. Bear it patiently, lest it be intolerable. If it be light, slight it not. If it be heavy, murmur not. After the cross is the crown.—Quarles.