Outward Appearance Quotes

39 quotes by 35 authors

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. — Aesop
It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works. — Clement of Alexandria
To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he… — Hermione Gingold
Conversion does not mean a change of outward appearance; rather it requires a change of mind and results in a transformed life. — Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg
A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life… — Thomas a Kempis
We have castrated society through fear and intimidation. Its manhood exists only in combination with a feminine outward appearance. Being so neutered, the populace has… — Harold Wallace Rosenthal
We ... tend to evaluate others on the basis of physical, outward appearance: their "good looks," their social status, their family pedigrees, their degrees, or… — Marvin J. Ashton
It's not enough to picture their outward appearance. Give them a background and sphere of influence. — Jordan Dane
When you wear a mask, it changes your outward appearance, but also has an influence on you, inside. — Yusuke Kishi
We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself. — Leon Jouhaux
One's true worth as a human being is not a matter of outward appearance or title, but derives rather from the breadth of one's spirit.… — Daisaku Ikeda
You see with your eyes. This means you can be misled by charm, by outward appearance. By webs of glamour, by surface pretences. I do… — Neil Gaiman
All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided. — Karl Marx
Drawing instruction is a training towards perception, exact observation and exact presentation not of the outward appearances of an object, but of its constructive elements,… — Wassily Kandinsky
There is a place deep, deep inside every person that is hidden and hard to find. If things get bad enough and life gets too… — Victoria Forester
What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in. — Saint Peter
In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish between living and… — Max Born
Conversion must mean more than just being a 'card-carrying' member of the church with a tithing receipt, a membership card, a temple recommend, etc. It… — Harold B. Lee

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