If you are willing to allow someone else to be victimized, while you stay neutral or do nothing, then you are not only a coward, but you are part of the problem in this world.

Your reputation is what others think of you; your character is what you truly are. Reputations can be manipulated; character can only be developed and maintained.

The superior man responds; the inferior man reacts.

Don't seek to be respected by everyone, rather seek to be worthy of being respected by everyone.