Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. Pearl Buck

• appearance
• beauty

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. Saint Jerome

• appearance

People want to buy from salespeople who are successful. Since we gather information first and primarily by sight and then form our opinions in the same way, it is important to look successful. Larry Winget

• sales
• appearance

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In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness; do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown; and remember that a reasonable word, or an obliging look, will gain you more respect than all your fine trappings. Sir George Savile

• respect
• appearance

Be as you wish to seem. Socrates

• appearance

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside. Hugh Macleod

• self esteem
• appearance

A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his social position, which after all is only something that we wear like clothing. Seneca

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If you look as if you had slept in your clothes, most men will jump to the conclusion that you have, and you will never get to know them well enough to explain that your head is so full of noble thoughts that you haven't time to bother with the dandruff on your shoulders. George Horace Lorimer

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Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us. George Horace Lorimer

• appearance

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Our choice of clothes can influence how people treat us. That's a view that every living human agrees upon. Most of us act upon that belief once or twice a day. When I get dressed, the first two questions I ask myself are 1) "Who is going to see me?" and 2) "What do I want them to think of me?" You probably do the same thing. If not, there's something deeply wrong with you, or possibly you're an engineer. Scott Adams

• funny
• appearance
• fashion

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You can't look good and get better at the same time. Anonymous

• self improvement
• appearance
• practice

Don't worry about looking good - worry about achieving your goals. Ray Dalio

• goals
• appearance

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People who worry about looking good typically hide what they don't know and hide their weaknesses, so they never learn how to properly deal with them and these weaknesses remain impediments in the future. These people typically try to prove that they have the answers, even when they really don't. Why do they behave in this unproductive way? They typically believe the senseless but common view that great people are those who have the answers in their heads and don't have weaknesses. Not only does this view not square with reality, but it also stands in the way of progress. Ray Dalio

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People who are one way on the inside and believe that they need to be another way outside to please others become conflicted and often lose touch with what they really think and feel. It's difficult for them to be happy and almost impossible for them to be at their best. Ray Dalio

• integrity
• appearance

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To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a mistake or don't know something. Ray Dalio

• mistakes
• appearance

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You can put your energy into being good at stuff or seeming cool, but not both. Any energy that goes into seeming cool comes out of being good. Paul Graham

• skill
• appearance