Shammai Quotes

A man is known by his works. That I have heard at many a funeral.

Let's judge a man on what he's done.

Honour is purchased by the deeds we do.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

I let the actions of my life stand for what I am as a human being. Contend with that, not the words.

Whether someone signs something is not what's important. It's what they do and how they do it that matters.

The only respect you should have is the one you earn.

When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.'

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.