"The most trifling actions that affect a..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day.
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More on Reputation
“Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all yourself.”
“According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.”
“It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock; and he should endeavour to show in his actions greatness, courage, gravity, and fortitude; and in his private dealings with his subjects let him show that his judgments are irrevocable, and maintain himself in such reputation that no one can hope either to deceive him or to get round him.”
More on Work Ethic
“When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.”
“I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.”
“The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.”