Isn’t beauty a good thing, a gift from God?  Therefore how can beauty be deceitful or ever become bad?

To these questions, I refer you to this famous quote:

“Beauty is indeed a gift of God; but that the good may not think it is a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

Quoted by:

-Saint Augustine (circa 354-430)

A quick comment about this famous saying:

Sometimes when you would think something is perfect, you may find that there is still something wrong. In fact, something very evil can be found hidden within something very beautiful.  This is unfortunate but true, and a hard lesson in life.

What to do with this famous saying

Be careful never to fall for beauty, and never to just judge a book by its cover.  Outside appearances, such as beauty, can be deceitful.  Don’t be foolish.  Find out more before you commit to someone whose beauty is deceptive…do your homework.  If you find tell-tale signs that something is wrong, stay away!

R.W. Emerson

A quick comment:

This is one of my favorites. Actions do speak louder than words. I think the best people to teach us this is our spouse and our children in particular.

We may say something, but then ourselves do another. Then we wonder why they do as we do, rather than as we say. This is because what we do sets the example and the standard, not what we say.

If we can’t live up to our words, then our words are meaningless and we set a poor example.

Also, if we decide to brag about what we do too much, or if we point all that we did do, then we may well be talking more that what we ought to be.

What to do with this famous saying:

Don’t ever ask someone to do something you wouldn’t have the courage or willingness to do yourself.

Also, don’t ask someone to do something that you are a poor example of yourself, yet would blast others for being the same way. That’s just not fair and just not right.

Instead, be a person of few words and let your actions do all of the talking. This quote makes a great point, actions do speak louder than words…so loudly in fact, that you don’t need to say a thing.

- Carl Sandburg