Memorable Surname Quotes

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"A good name is better than precious ointment."
The Bible, Ecclesiastes 7:1
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet."
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving."
William Shakespeare, Othello
"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
Abraham Lincoln
"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it."
Benjamin Franklin
"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."
John Wooden
"The supreme thing is to be able to say: I did it myself. The great thing is to recognize that when you say this, you are also saying that you alone must take the consequences."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"A person's name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language."
Dale Carnegie
"It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."
Samuel Johnson
"Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you."
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost."
Billy Graham
"Your name is your identity; treat it well."
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"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls."
William Shakespeare, Othello
"Our names are labels, plainly printed with the marks of origin."
Michel de Montaigne
"It's not my responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their shortcoming."
Richard Feynman
"No name is worth the price of a clear conscience."
Robert Harris, Imperium
"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!"
Theodore Roosevelt
"Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room."
Jeff Bezos
"A spotless reputation is the inheritance of a person."
Aesop
"No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be; until he's looked himself over and seen all his claws and teeth and مند I'll be damned, too. "
William Faulkner
"A person's worth isn't in their name, but in the actions they take and the legacy they leave."
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"People grow through the hardships they meet. If you want to achieve a better name for yourself, then go out there and earn it."
John C. Maxwell
"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose."
Heda Bejar
"Never ruin an apology with an excuse."
Benjamin Franklin
"Names have power; names hold meaning."
Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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