James McBride Quotes

It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.

I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.

I think we are moving to that place where we are being celebrated for our character, our inside, our wit. I think that's the direction we should go because that's what defines you as a person, not a number on a scale.

Names are not important. It's what lies inside of you that matters.

My biggest thing is to teach not to focus on the aesthetic. It's really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful.

It's not what a man has but what a man is that's important.

Each woman needs to know herself and think that the clothes are here to make her more beautiful, because the person is more important than the clothes.

There's so much more to me as a human being than just my appearance, and I want to integrate that into my work.

I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'

Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly are deep inside.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

Physical beauty isn't so impressive to me.

It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.

I never had confidence - never. The hardest thing to know is your own worth, and it took me years and years to find out what mine is.

I am an actor, and not a clothes hanger. I am more than just my clothes.

I don't talk about my hair anymore because I've matured. I matured and realized it doesn't matter what you look like. It's what kind of hair you have inside that counts.

I don't feel bound by my face or my body. I don't feel like that's the biggest gift I have to offer the world. I feel like there are more parts of me to offer than that.

When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.

Well, I guess I’m just not as special as you are. (Urian) No one knows their true mettle until it’s been tested. This is yours. Whether you pass or fail is entirely up to you. I can’t tell you what to do, but I know where I’ll be tonight. (Acheron)

Your looks do not define who you are.

Remind people who they are instead of just complimenting them on what they've done.

I keep telling myself that I'm a human being, an imperfect human being who's not made to look like a doll, and that who I am as a person is more important than whether at that moment I have a nice figure.

What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value; it's who you are on the inside. And when you're in Christ, that's never going to change.