cross posted from my personal blog
Heading back from Ohio last night, I heard a cool quote on the radio. Can’t remember exactly WHO said it, or how it was worded…but the basic idea was…
IMAGE IS NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHARACTER.
The guy was talking about how much focus western civilization puts on the ‘ideal’.
Women must be a size six or under to be considered the ‘normal’ ideal of beautiful, or at least that’s what media leads us to believe. Men must be ripped, buff, big and tall to be consider sexy.
To both of those ideas, I say bull. Beauty is more than skin deep. Sexy goes way deeper than looks. Looks can help…but if the guy is a jerk, his sex appeal drops so quickly, it would make the stock market look like it’s sitting pretty. If a woman is beautiful, but shallow and cruel, she’s not really all the beautiful to me.
Image, in the long run, doesn’t matter all that much. Because it doesn’t last. Decency, strength of character, compassion, honor… those things matter.
IMAGE IS NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHARACTER.
That quote just really stuck with me, and I wanted to share.
That is a really fantastic quote, and so true. Like you said about beauty, if there’s nothing behind it, most people will not be sticking around. I know I wouldn’t.