Beauty Quotes

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
There is really nothing to be said about it.
It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell
it and that is all....W. Somerset Maugham.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and
adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have
if only we seek them with our eyes open....Jawaharlal Nehru.

If either man or woman would realize that the full
power of personal beauty, it must be by cherishing noble
thoughts and hopes and purposes; by having something to do
and something to live for that is worthy of humanity, and which,
by expanding and symmetry to the body which contains it....Upham.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man
bears with composure one heavy mischance after
another, not because he does not feel them, but
because he is a man of high and heroic temper....Aristotle.

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors
all are fast....John Greenleaf Whittier.

And they who for their country die
Shall fill an honored grave,
For glory lights the soldier's tomb,
And beauty weeps the brave....J. R. Drake.

Compliments invite the person who is complimented to
embrace a new perception of him or herself. And just as
layers and layers of nacre form a pearl over an irritating
grain of sand, so compliments collect around us,
developing us in all our beauty....Daphne Rose Kingma.

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear
witness to and understand as much as possible of the
complexity of the world - its beauty, its mysteries, its
riddles. The more you understand, the more you look, the
greater is your enjoyment of life and your sense of peace.
That's all there is to it. If an activity is not grounded in
'to love' or 'to learn,' it does not have value....Anne Rice.

There is no cosmetic for beauty
like happiness....Marguerite Gardiner Blessington.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds
of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate
those that belong to humanity....Vernon Howard.

Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself
all thy life for that which perchance, will neither
last nor please thee one year: and when thou hast it,
it will be to thee of no price at all....Sir Walter Raleigh.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the
feeling heart....Johann Friedrich Von Schiller.

Beauty is simply reality seen with
the eyes of love.....Evelyn Underhill.

I believe that children are our future.
Teach them well and let them lead the way.
Show them all the beauty they possess inside....Whitney Houston.

Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there
is a beauty for the hearing too, as in certain combinations
so words and in all kinds of music; for melodies and cadences
are beautiful; and minds that lift themselves above the realm
of sense to a higher order are aware of beauty in the conduct
of life, in actions, in character, in the pursuits of the
intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues....Plotinus.

It's beauty that captures your attention;
personality which captures your heart....Unknown.

What is beautiful is good, and who is
good will soon be beautiful....Sappho.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of
a work. We must feel and be affected by it....Voltaire.

Beauty is one of the rare things that do
not lead to doubt of God....Jean Anouilh.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself
and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for
nothing is made worse or better by praise....Marcus Aurelius.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome,
but, until they speak to the imagination,
not yet beautiful....Ralph Waldo Emerson.

There is certainly no absolute standard of
beauty. That precisely is what makes its
pursuit so interesting....John Kenneth Galbraith.

Beauty when unadorned is
adorned the most....Roy Thompson.

Think of all the beauty still left
around you and be happy....Anne Frank.

That which is striking and beautiful is
not always good; but that which is good
is always beautiful....Ninon De L'Enclos.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness....John Keats.

Though we travel the world over to find
the beautiful, we must carry it with us,
or we find it not....Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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