An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

To be great is to be misunderstood.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you will do things differently.

- Warren Buffett

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.

- Faith Baldwin

My reputation grows with every failure.

- George Bernard Shaw

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

- Susan B. Anthony

Critics are by no means the end of the law. Do not think all is over with you because you articles are rejected. It may be that the editor has his drawer full, or that he does not know enough to appreciate you, or you have not gained a reputation, or he is not in a mood to be pleased. A critic's judgment is like that of any intelligent person. If he has experience, he is capable of judging whether a book will sell. That is all. junior editor, Harper's Bazaar, 1866

- Lavina Goodell