Quotes & Themes – Reputation

Reputation

Trouble not yourself about human judgments. (Letters to Persons in the World, IV, 1)

A harvest of virtues should be reaped from a crop of insults and injuries. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, XIV, 8)

Too often do we call the truths which offend us by the name of slander. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, VIII, 10)

If you wish nothing to cross your life, desire not the reputation or the glory of the world. (Letters to Persons in the World, IV, 1)

So long as God is served, what does it matter whether it be by the exaltation or by the defamation of our good reputa­tion? (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, VIII, 8)

Reputation is but a signboard to show where virtue lodges. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 7)

Excessive fear of losing a good name indicates a great distrust of its founda­tion, which is the truth of a good life. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 7)

What need for it to be known that you are of good family according to the world, if you are of the household of God? (Letters to Persons in the World, I, 10)

When thoughts as to whether people like you or not come into your mind, do not even look at them, for they will always like you as much as God wills. (Letters to Persons in Religion, V, 5)

Let God do with our life and our repu­tation and our honor, as He chooses, for it is all His. (Letters to Persons in Religion, III, 10)

You should not show greater courage than in despising insults. (Letters to Persons in the World, I, 12)

Complain as little as possible of the wrongs which are done to you, for it is certain that ordinarily he who complains sins. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 3)

Reputation is like a signboard which indicates where virtue resides. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 7)

If our vices, evil deeds and evil life destroy our reputation it will be more difficult than before for it to grow up again because it is uprooted. For the root of a good name is goodness and integrity. As long as the root is in us, it can always regain the honor which is due to it. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 7)

The razor of slander will serve our honor as the pruning knife increases and multiplies the fruit of the vine. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 7)

If we are unjustly blamed, let us peacefully oppose calumny with the truth. If it lasts, let us continue to humble ourselves, thus entrusting our reputation and ourselves in the hands of God. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 7)

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