"Live in such a way that if..." - Quote by Zig Ziglar
Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.
More by Zig Ziglar
“We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.”
“F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.”
“There is power in words. What you say is what you get.”
More on Reputation
“The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.”
“We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.”
“If a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism.”
More on Character
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.”
“Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.”
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”