What matters more? How a person looks on the outside? How they are on the inside?

Question

So, is beauty more important than attitude? Yes or no? Care to explain?

Answer 1

the most important thing is how you would answer this question. it would tell alot about you. if you are superficial, of course, the outside is more important. if you really care about people and yourself, you look deeper.
looks fade with years, so don't get caught up in them.
have you ever noticed how some beautiful and famous women marry very homely men. they are so insecure they don't care what others think and they have look deeper.
look deeper, you will be much happier

Answer 2

External appearance and internal reality are intimately interelated. It is true the society is very attracted to external beauty, sexiness, attractiveness generally. It helps enormously to be attractive on the outside. And like anything there are degrees of external beauty and attractiveness. There are shades of beauty in most creatures.

In the end, however, it really does seem that though beautiful people, or attractive people, or very charismatic people tend to get a lot of attention easily, if they rely too much on their external appearance that reliance can become a crutch of sorts that prevents inner development. They become too preoccupied with their looks and this in a sense becomes addictive and can also lead to vanity. Vanity can become one of the most tedious of all traits if it is not kept on a low burn.

I think the most interesting people I've ever known were mostly not beautiful in the conventional sense. Some of them I have found to be almost infinitely fascinating. I get so much more from them. Because they are not preoccupied with their looks in an exclusive way, they have taken the time to investigate all sorts of knowledge and fields of experience. They tend not to be snobs, though there are also exceptions to this rule. I have known very ugly people who are the worst snobs. And I have known very beautiful people who are modest and gracious and even shy.

External beauty can be a real delight, a reminder that life itself creates all kinds and that some creatures are blessed with an extra quality or measure of what is attractive. But as one gains more and more experience, it does seem that what you really end up taking with you along the winding path are encounters with what people hold inside themselves. Very often the deepest encounters with others have little to do with their external appearance no matter whether they are externally beautiful or not. So, no matter how you view it - whether the person is gorgeous or not - it truly does seem that what is inside the person matters the most. If the person is open, life-loving, honest, and blessed with an extra measure of a willingness to care about another creature it is that inner state of being that in the end matters the most. This does not negate the importance of appearance. Rather it seems to surpass it.

B. Lyons

Answer 3

Inside is more important of course. Now that's easier said. If you really liked this ugly person on the inside, you might not want to marry him or her. But in the end, their personality will win you over. Beauty isn't everything. Just look at celebrity marriages!!

Answer 4

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Work on being a good person and the light will shine from your soul.

What happens if you are Barbie doll pretty and are in a wreck? Your face is smashed. Does that make you less than what you were before the wreck? Spend as much time on the inside as you do on the outside. You'll be happier.

Answer 5

How a person is on the inside is definitely more important. But there are lots of very shallow folks out there who use the outside looks of a person as their basis for friendliness.

Answer 6

OH PLEASE!!!
It is a cruel world out there...people care about outside beauty more than anything else,..I don't care what they say.
It's been proven inthe business world and by psychology and is known as the phenomenon known as "lookism".
The beautiful people even get better jobs (if they work at all) for more money.
And yes looks fade with age...but a beautiful 50 year old is still better than an average 50 year old looking person.

Answer 7

A person can be beautiful on the outside, but truly ugly on the inside. I like how they are on the inside.

Answer 8

The most beautiful girl in the world is a waste of space if she's mean and stupid. I'd rather spend some time with someone average who is fun to be around or is at least a pleasant person.

Answer 9

Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.... Beauty lasts only a moment and is subject to change, but a faithful, loving, tender, heart will not be shaken or changed by time or circumstances. Thus, character is more important than looks.

Answer 10

The inside. I agree with the first answerer; a person can be the most beautiful you've laid eyes on, but if they're disgusting on the inside, I can't stand to be around them.