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You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.
– Henry Ford
It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.
– Will Rogers
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
– Mother Teresa
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
– Anita Roddick
Be it resolved…trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
– Golda Meir
Speak when you’re angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
– Ambrose Bierce
Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you say.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain
"It sounds like Jr. High all over again, but because everyone is so sensitive nowadays, sometimes we need to come out swinging to protect those we love and care for. And we need to keep working on our reputation, so if anyone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it." Deb Sofield
Here are 12 rules for keeping your life in line with your values:
- Tell the truth
- Keep your word
- Pay your debts
- Be loyal
- Show compassion
- Put your family first (even the ones you don’t like)
- Make right things that are broken
- Give credit where credit is due
- Always do the right thing (even when no one is watching)
- Be good and kind to others (including animals)
- Read your Bible-then do what it says
- Be present over perfect
Be brave. Hold yourself accountable and then accountability will be modeled for others.
Credit where credit is due: The inspiration for this article came by accident when surfing the net for quotes about living a life that identifies who we are. Please visit this link for more interesting and motivating resources. I totally enjoyed her writings and plan to visit her site often myself. I am glad we had the chance to meet via the net. http://debsofield.com/live-way-anyone-speak-badly-one-believe/