Be as you wish to seem.

What you would seem to be, be really.

"what you would seem to be" — or if you'd like it put more simply — "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be — and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

practice saying to every harsh appearance,1 You are an appearance, and in no manner what you appear to be.

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

إظهر كما أنت وكن كما تظهر.

Come as you are. As you were. As I want you to be.

Pretend to be something you’re not until you are — fake it until you’re successful, until everybody sees you the way you want them.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

Acting is magical. Change your attitude/your look and your attitude and you can be anyone.

what you can image you can be.