No amount of careful grooming seemed to erase their impression that he was actually a foul and frightening ogre. It was enough to give a fellow self-doubts.

About This Quote

Theodore Roosevelt gives a very good reason as to why people have the wrong impression of someone. “No amount of careful grooming seemed to erase their impression that he was actually a foul and frightening ogre. It was enough to give a fellow self-doubts.” In this quote, Roosevelt makes it clear that one should always be careful about what they say and how they say it. Everyone has an image of themselves, so being careful about what you say is important from a social perspective as well as an individual one.

Source: Seducing The Spy

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