Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

You can go out in a good movie and look bad as well.

We're a walking billboard... You want to look good to everyone who is watching.

To establish ourselves in the world, we have to do all we can to appear established. To succeed in the world, we do everything we can to appear successful.

The image you project, in many circumstances, is far more valuable than your skills or your record of past accomplishments.

Let him think is I am more man than I am and I will be so.

You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you.

We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are.

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.

To make astute people believe one is what one is not is, in most cases, harder than actually to become what one wishes to appear.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

I've never tried to manipulate my image.

I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.

You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.

It's kinda all about image.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!.

I was never able to master the virtue of humility but I was able to master the appearance of humility.