"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

11/24/12

Quotes on BEAUTY, PERSONALITY and SMILE

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
~Proverbs 31:30

"A beautiful face can't conceal an ugly heart for very long. Who you are on the inside eventually shows up on the outside." ~Anon

“A man who looks first to a woman’s outer beauty will never know her beauty divine, for there is dust upon his eyes and he is blind. … But a man who sees in a woman the spirit of the Great One and sees her beauty first in spirit and truth, that man will know “Divinity” in that woman” ~White Buffalo Calf Woman

"A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm." ~Edgar Saltus


"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness." ~John Keats

"A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"A woman's beauty is not measured by her outer appearance, but by the view of her heart to another human being." ~Anon

"Admire someone else's beauty without questioning your own." ~Anon

"All of life is a mirror...wherever you look, the beauty that you find is really your own!" ~Surf Reyes

“All the truth you’ll ever need to know is found when you trust the beauty in your heart.” ~Robert Clancy

"All the ugliness of the world can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature." ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow." ~from ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy

"And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!” ~Audrey Hepburn

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." ~Franz Kafka

"As a white candle
In a holy place
So is the beauty
Of an aged face."
~Joseph Campbell

"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"As we grow older, real beauty travels from the face to the heart, appeal turns to charm, hurt turns to wisdom, and great moments to shared memories. The true beauty of life is not how happy you are now, but how happy others are because of you." ~Kelly's Treehouse

"Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life." ~Nancy Astor

"Be Beautiful: Shine your beauty to the world as if it’s love's first precious kiss." ~Robert Clancy

"Be Radiant! Never underestimate the great tool you carry with you everywhere…your beautiful smile. It can touch the heart of an old friend, bring radiance to a stranger and most importantly, it can change your whole outlook on life when you share it with yourself." ~Robert Clancy
"Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."
~Alexander Pope
"Beauty alone can attract a man, but it cannot make him stay." ~Deep Thoughts online

"Beauty and goodness comes from the inside." ~Ronny's-G's Travels from B&P

"Beauty and grace command the world." ~Park Benjamin

“Beauty appears where there is an edge. A type of Courage. A fearlessness against the Unknown. Not where there is perfection.” ~Victoria Erickson (lifted from Roxanne's (Baeyens) Niche

"Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said." ~George Santayana

"Beauty attracts the eyes but personality captures the heart." ~Not Only Not Only Journals 

"Beauty awakens the soul to act." ~Dante Alighieri

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself." ~Coco Chanel

"Beauty can be found in just about everything, but the greatest amount is found right there in your heart." ~Robert Clancy on Self- Worth

“Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” ~Matt Hardy

"Beauty cleans the mind." ~Matt Haig

"Beauty comes from the expression and character in your face—not just its symmetry." ~Robert Jones

‪"Beauty emerges and grows ... regardless of circumstance." ~‬Heather McCloskey Beck

"Beauty exists at every age, it's not about youth and perfection." ~Anon

"Beauty exists not in what is seen and remembered, but in what is felt and never forgotten." ~Johnathan Jena

"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them." ~David Hume

"Beauty is a form of genius — is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon." ~Oscar Wilde

"Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction." ~Aristotle

"Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us." ~Blaise Pascal

"Beauty is a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes are a little brighter, their skin a little more dewy. They vibrate at a different frequency.
" ~Cameron Diaz

"Beauty is a light in the heart." ~Khalil Gibran

"Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever." ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character". ~Jane Seymour

"Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are." ~Ellen DeGeneres

"Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?" ~George Bernard Shaw

"Beauty is art, you are the canvas." ~lifted from The  Beauty and Brow

"Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination."  ~Thomas Kinkade

"Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out." ~Audrey Hepburn

"Beauty is but a flower, which wrinkles will devour." ~Thomas Nashe

"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul." ~George Bancroft

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror." ~Kahlil Gibran

“Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.” ~Thomas Kinkade

"Beauty is how you feel inside and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical." ~Sophia Loren

"Beauty is in the heart of the beholder." ~H. G. Wells

"Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty." ~David Hume

"Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life." ~Imelda Marcos

"Beauty isn't having a beautiful face. It's about having a beautiful mind, a good heart and a kind soul." ~Anon

"Beauty isn't having a beautiful face. It's about having a beautiful mind, a good heart and a kind soul." ~Anon

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart." ~Kahlil Gibran

“Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.” ~Shannon L. Alder

"Beauty is often spoken of as though it only stirs lust or admiration, but the most beautiful people are so in a way that makes them look like destiny or fate or meaning, the heroes of a remarkable story." ~Rebecca Solnit

"Beauty is power; a smile is its sword." ~Anon

"… Beauty is required in heart not in face....” ~APJ Abdul Kalam Azad

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

"Beauty is the illumination of your soul." ~John O'Donohue

"Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity." ~Oscar Wilde from "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

"Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men." ~Chinese Proverb

"Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror." ~Rabindranath Tagore

"Beauty is whatever gives joy." ~Edna St. Vincent Millay

‪"Beauty‬ is when you can ‪appreciate‬ yourself. When you ‪‎love‬ yourself, that's when you're most ‪beautiful‬." ~Zoë Kravitz

"Beauty is woven through our ordinary days … Everywhere there is tenderness, care, and kindness, there is beauty." ~John O'Donohue

"Beauty lies within your heart. It shows." ~Leah C. Dancel

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity — I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly." ~Plato from THE REPUBLIC

"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears." ~Edgar Allan Poe

"Beauty Pageant is not all about winning a crown. It is also an adventure; life's school; an opportunity to build fun memories and to make new friends." ~Roxanne 'Niche' Baeyens

“Beauty, real everlasting beauty, lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It lives in what we do for ourselves and for others.” ~Justina Chen

"Beauty reveals itself in thousands of forms." ~Victoria Erickson

"Beauty speaks to us in moments." ~Bryant McGill

"Beauty starts in your head, not in your mirror." ~Joubert Botha

"Beauty surrounds us." ~Rumi

"Beauty talks in the language of the heart. The magnificence of a sunset, or of a violin concerto, cannot be adequately conveyed in words. Just as food nourishes our body, beauty nourishes our spirit. It inspires and challenges us to do great things. But you don’t need to be rich or powerful to enjoy the sublime pleasure of beauty. The only thing you need is the willingness to appreciate the beauty that is already around you - in nature, in other people, in works of art, architecture, music and literature. In a world where creativity and innovation are essential in every aspect of life, beauty is a powerful fuel for successful living." ~Ralph Marston

“Beauty will save the world.” ~Fyodor Dosteovsky  

“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.” ~Molière, Tartuffe

"Beautiful in my opinion, has nothing to do with looks. It's how you are as a person and how you make others feel about themselves." ~The Notebook of Life

"Beautiful isle of the sea, Smile on the brow of the waters." ~George Cooper

"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art." ~Anon

“Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” ~Rumi

"Because your heart is so beautiful , everything looks beautiful to you." ~Zen proverb

"By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself." ~Rumi

"Choosing beauty and love does not mean being uninformed or weak; it means you clearly see the ugliness, but choose love anyway." ~Bryant McGill

"Dimples enhance the beauty of a deity." ~Leah C. Dancel, October 14, 2017

"Creating beauty in the world is as simple as sharing a smile." ~Robert Clancy

"Don't let anyone or anything rob you of the beauty and meaning at the heart of life. It's your birthright gift." ~Parker J. Palmer

"Each day has so much beauty waiting for us to open our eyes in wonder." ~Anon

"Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside." ~Coco Chanel

"Enjoy the incredible beauty even in the smallest of things!" ~Dr. Susan

"Even in today's world, beauty and truth can still be found and the first place to start looking is within my own self." ~Thought for Today-UK

"Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man." ~Kahlil Gibran

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." ~John Muir

"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~Confucius

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." ~Audrey Hepburn

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." ~Ivan Panin

"For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity." -Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from BrainyQuote

"For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is Nature's finest balm." ~Edwin Way Teale

"Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness." ~Henry David Thoreau

"Goodness is beauty in the best estate." ~Christopher Marlowe

"‪How beauty is ephemeral in this transitory life we live until the Lord comes and beauty and joy and harmony becomes eternal." ~Romeo Balicongan‬

"How can so much beauty paint so much sadness as well?" ~Lorraine Marie T. Badoy, Social Welfare ASec

"How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin—that's what really makes you beautiful." ~Bobbi Brown

"I am not pretty.
I am not beautiful.
I am as radiant as the sun."
~Suzanne Collins

"I believe true beauty comes from the heart." ~Anon

"I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains." ~Anne Frank

"I love the Beauty of the reflection of the Beauty of the mountains and clouds above the surface of the water of the river." ~Leah C. Dancel, April 30, 2022 on the spectacular view of Lake  McDonald of Glacier National Park by Jack Bell Photography, #tonguetwister

"I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder." ~Salma Hayek

"I think beauty comes from within. If you’re happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside." ~Faith Hill

"I think we grow up as girls having to deal with a lot of oppressive beauty myths. And Anne is a girl who fails by all standards of what is acceptable and beautiful. She's not pretty. She's not rich. She has no parents. But through sheer exercise of will she makes the world understand how beautiful she is. It's her specialness, her ability to transform how people perceive her, that audiences, particularly girls, want to believe in."-Megan Follows on her character, Anne Shirley

"I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time." ~Robert Browning

"If man can do something awesome, have we considered how God has put order and beauty in the harmony of Creation and the Universe? With the billions of stars and galaxies the heavenly bodies follow a wonderful order. Praise the Lord of the Universe." ~Bro Joe Rona

"If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies, how very different our ideals of beauty would be." ~Anon

"If you could just believe in your own beauty, you could then believe in the beauty of others." ~Bryant McGill

"If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert, you will have an audience." ~Khalil Gibran

“If you sit in the darkness and write poems about the beauty of light, that doesn't mean you understand the importance of light! The whole point is to praise the light not when you don't have it but when you have it!” ~Mehmet Murat ildan

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” ~Vincent Van Gogh

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." ~Marilyn Monroe 

"In my life and in my work, flowers represent so many positive things to me: spirit, creativity, happiness, love, and most of all, the natural world's persistent inclination towards beauty." ~Mary Engelbreit 

"...in the stillness of the night,
There is no truthful beauty but the stars." ~Rado Gatchalian

"Inner beauty is angelic. It is reflected from one's eyes and actions." ~Ekta Ahuja

"Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one’s self." ~Priscilla Presley

"Integrity reveals beauty." ~Thomas Leonard

"It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being." ~John Joseph Powell

"It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart." ~Anon

“It’s hard not to stand in awe and enchantment with the beauty in which nature expresses herself.” ~Steve Maraboli

"It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty." ~Leo Tolstoy

"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit." ~Robert Louis Stevenson

"It is the wordless wind that knows where every kind of beauty goes. And if you lose love in the end, say it was taken by the wind." ~George Dillon

"Keep the beauty inside your heart untarnished. Don't let greed and covetousness blemish that gem." ~Leah C. Dancel

"Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars." ~Matshona Dhliwayo

"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." ~Rumi

"Let us live for the beauty of our own reality." ~Charles Lamb

"Let's teach our daughters it's not about being beautiful. Teach them to be bold. Be silly. Be strong. Be confident. Be independent and intelligent. Be brave and be fierce. Be real in a world full of fakes. Let's redefine beauty." ~Anon

"Life has dark moments and it is out of our darkness that we often find our greatest beauties and strengths." ~Bryant McGill

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind." ~Ashley Smith

"Life is the sunshine soul with the beauty of kindness!" ~Petros K.  Veloudas (Πέτρος Βελούδας), Greek Poet, The Response of Silence

"Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet." ~Leonardo da Vinci

"Look for the beauty in each day. See the light...smell the fragrance... listen to the birds sing..." ~I Must Be A Mermaid

"Looking far behind, finds beauty within." ~Arjoy Ceniza

"Love becomes an unlimited renewable resource the instant it’s powered by all the beauty within your priceless soul." ~Robert Clancy

"Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out." ~Jenn Proske

"Manifestation is like a flower, you must put so much intent into its energy before you can sight its beauty." ~Nikki Rowe

"May the flowers fill your heart with beauty." ~Chief Dan George

“May you always walk in Beauty.” ~ Black Elk 

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.”  ~Charles Dickens

"Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself is beautiful." ~Plotinus

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson 

"No amount of physical beauty will ever be as valuable as a beautiful heart." ~Anon

"No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart." ~Anon

"No matter what people say, you will ALWAYS be beautiful." ~Abhi

"No other beauty can be greater than a woman whose confidence and strength exude from the inside." ~Kate De la Rue

"Nothing beautiful can be summarized." ~Paul Valery

"Nothing makes a woman more beautiful, than the belief that she is beautiful." ~Sophia Loren

"Notice the beauty within the simplicity of small moments." ~Healthy Goddess Living

"Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand." ~Khalil Gibran

"Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see." ~George W. Russell

"Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates." ~Kate Angell

"Outer beauty is a gift. Inner beauty is an accomplishment." ~Randi G. Fine

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder." ~Salma Hayek

"People who are truly beautiful are always filled with beauty on the inside, which spills over to the outside." ~Fiona (The Healing Room)

"Rare is the union of beauty and purity." ~Juvenal from BrainyQuote

"Real beauty is about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own." ~Valerie Monroe

"Sometimes there is sadness in our journey, but there is also beauty. We must keep putting one foot in front of the other even when we are hurting or we will never know what is waiting for us around the bend." ~Brigitte Nicole

"Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's scepter, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison." ~Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

"The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves." ~Khalil Gilbran

“The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.” ~Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"The beauty of being old is knowing that you did not get there alone and that you have a chance to get older." ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo

"The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor." ~J. Paul Getty

"The beauties that we know: an amazing sunset, the taste of ripe fruit, the warm breeze of a spring day, a painting by Van Gogh, the music of Mozart; these things are not complete. They are merely hints of the real beauty that is." ~from DB, Vagabond Journeys

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way that she combs her hair. But the beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart. The place where love resides." ~Audrey Hepburn

"The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides." ~Anon

"The beauty of the soul gives charm even to the plainest of bodies, just as the ugliness of the soul destroys the magnificent creation." ~Amo Mama

"The beauty of your kindness can extend further and brighten the world more than you ever would have imagined in your wildest dreams." ~Lacey @ Things of Beauty

"The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul." ~George Sand

"The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you." ~Rumi

"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express." ~Sir Francis Bacon

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed." ~Ernest Hemingway

"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities." ~Khalil Gibran

"The moon reflected in the water is not the real moon, but still it has tremendous beauty; and if the waters of your mind are silent, then the moon reflected in those waters is exactly the same." ~Osho

“The moon teaches us that darkness can’t hide the beauty of life if we know how to reflect beauty.” Debasish Mridha

"The more often we see the things around us, even the beautiful and wonderful things — the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world." ~Joseph B. Wirthlin

"The most beautiful eyes are those that seek beauty in others." ~The Age of Enlightenment 

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths." ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

"The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart." ~Rumi

"The pain passes, but the beauty remains". ~Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

"The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others." ~Anon

"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The sun glints through the pines, and the heart is pierced in a moment of beauty and strange pain, like a memory of paradise. After that day. . . we become seekers." ~Peter Matthiessen

"The world has its own ways of treating us like what we will never be, but want to be. It relinquishes its grip on our souls while lulling us with the songs of freedom and conquest of beauty. It magnifies every tiny bit of something useless over an unfathomable presence of humanity. And we all waste the whole of our lives standing in queue for gaining its attention to be abdicated as if we never existed in the eyes of our fellow men.” ~Annie Ali

"The world will be saved by beauty." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The world you live in is a mirror of yourself. Everything you hold to be true becomes your cage and your reality. If you perceive an imperfect world, it's because you fail to compassionately accept your own imperfections. If you find yourself condemning another, it is actually condemning some shamed part of yourself that you have not acknowledged. Reflect God in your mirror and you will perceive the world in kind and with love. The sense of beauty and goodness and worth you see in all, here and now, is His reflection breathing beauty and goodness and worth into you." ~Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. (2017NOVEMBER07/TUESDAY [ADMIN 10])

"There are millions of smiles shared everyday, but only one as uniquely beautiful as yours." ~Robert Clancy

"There can never be a more beautiful you, than when you shine the way only you can. Today is your day to be that light!" ~Robert Clancy

"There is a beauty in pain.
The darkness has to be faced or there
is never a way to the light."
~Thomas Plummer

"There is a divine beauty and grace within all animals." ~Anthony Douglas Williams

"There is a divine beauty within all life. To feel this beauty is a spiritual experience." ~A.D. Williams

"There is a kind of beauty in imperfection." ~Conrad Hall

"There is beauty in every new season." ~The 700 Club

"There is beauty in the simple moments that life has to offer." ~Jason Rosenthal, TEDTalks 

"There’s more real beauty as we age, the beauty of wisdom, maturity, and growing in grace and knowledge that will never tarnish or disappear with time." ~Mirella Macatula 

"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness." ~Lady Blessington

"There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone’s spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that’s beautiful to me." ~Liv Tyler

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." ~Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

"There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion." ~Edgar Allan Poe

"There is no reason for beauty. It just is." ~Erin Kellison

"There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty." ~Joseph Addison

"There is so much beauty in the world around us...as you acknowledge the beauty--even the smallest thing--beauty will acknowledge you." ~Bryant McGill

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." ~Ann Frank

“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.”  ~L. Wolfe Gilbert

"To allow each moment to unfold on its own will reveal beauty unimagined." ~Alex Woodard

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty." ~Bryant McGill

"To keep beauty in its place is to make all things beautiful." ~George Santayana

"To love beauty is to see light." ~Victor Hugo

"To walk in beauty with all things, we must connect with all things. Treat them seriously, with reverence. Beauty surrounds us." ~Anon

"True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others." ~Alek Wek

"True beauty never fades." ~Leah C. Dancel, 26 April 2016

"We have the power to challenge and redefine beauty every day through our words and actions." ~Ben Barry

"We must be surrounded by beauty if our souls are to grow." ~M. Scott Momaday, Kiowa novelist

“We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.” ~David Brower

"We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it." ~Mary Oliver

“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.” ~from "The Makioka Sisters" By Junichiro Tanizaki

"What riches are ours in the world of nature, from the majesty of the distant peak to the fragile beauty of a tiny flower, and all without cost to us, the beholders! No person is poor who has watched a sunrise or who keeps a mountain in his or her heart." ~Esther Baldwin York

"When one is in love, even the scars left by smallpox are as beautiful as dimples on a person’s cheeks." ~Anon

"When you allow life to happen, it will unfold its beauty like a newborn butterfly’s wings; today is the day to take flight and sail on the winds of love." ~Robert Clancy

"When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty." ~Kahlil Gibran

"When your heart rings, an angel sings for all the beauty love brings." ~Robert Clancy

"Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul." ~Alice Walker

"With age comes beauty and character." ~House of Fifty

“Woman is a delicate creature with strong emotions who has been created by the Almighty God to shoulder responsibility for educating society and moving toward perfection. God created woman as symbol of His own beauty and to give solace to her partner and her family.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

"You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing." ~Marie Carmichael Stopes

"You may look into your mirror and see flaws, but someone else looks at you, and only sees beauty." ~Anon

"You see behind the masks and beneath the fears to the beauty within every heart." ~Jim Johnson

"You will find beauty in every person and experience if beauty has been cultivated within. The supreme hallmark of reality is balance. Balance and fullness exists in the polarity of all things. How we choose to perceive affects how we partake of reality; narrowly or completely. When you succumb to cynicism, darkness, pessimism and sarcasm you are amplifying imbalance and negativity. Dominant negativity cheats reality of its mutual positives." ~Bryant McGill

"Your dazzling beauty is the result of your character integrity, your personal charm and your fantastic looks. Even your tiny flaws are enchanting because they make you more interesting! " ~Anon

"Your eyes are an ocean of beauty." ~Anon

"Your imperfections are marks of authenticity. And that is the beauty of you." ~Isaac Fowler

"Your outer beauty will capture the eyes; your inner beauty will capture the heart." ~Anon

"Your wings are beautiful, whether you spread them or not. but if you spread them you get to experience their beauty. And that's special. For you and the world." ~S.C Lourie

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” ~Franz Kafka

“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.” ~Christian Dior


SMILE

"A frown will bring the sun down, but a smile will light a thousand miles." ~Robert Clancy

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles." ~Washington Irving

"A laugh is a smile that bursts." ~Mary H. Waldrip

"A smile can mean a thousand words, but it can also hide a thousand problems." ~Lessons Learned in Life

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” ~Phyllis Diller

"A smile is a kiss of love that your heart gives to a stranger." ~Gineke van Keulen

"A smile is an act of kindness." ~A.D. Williams

"A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks." ~Charles Gord

"A smile is complete when it begins in your heart, reflects in your eyes and ends with a glow on your face." ~ILMF

“A smile is the best make up a girl could wear” ~Marilyn Monroe

"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."~Denis Waitley

"A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home." ~Anon

"A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear." ~Anon

"A smile is the shortest distance between two people." ~Victor Borge

"A miracle occurs every time you share a smile." ~Robert Clancy

"A smile radiates hope, more meaningful to those who border hopelessness" ~Dr. Abdullah Dangcal Alonto

"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness." ~William Arthur Ward

"A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love." ~Thomas C Haliburton

"A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears."~Anne Roiphe

"A world full of SMILES to me is foremost." ~Roxanne Niche

"Adding kindness to your life’s wardrobe is as simple as wearing a smile on your heart." ~Robert Clancy on Wear a Smile

"All smiles are created with love...and a sprinkle of angelic light." ~Robert Clancy

"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Bring me the flowers when I can see your beautiful face and smile, and can smell the fragrance, not when they would wilt and wither in the sun." ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo

"Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier." ~Lord Alfred Tennyson

"I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whole being." ~Rumi

"If in our daily lives we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"If it seems that everything is lost, I will smile and never count the cost... When at last our life on earth is through, I will share eternity with you." ~Edith Piaf, IF YOU LOVE ME

"If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile." ~Kurt Cobain

"If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile?" ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"In the eyes of the angels you’re a beautiful celestial masterwork created by God. Let the world see that art that’s showcased by your heart. All you have to do is light it up with a radiant smile." ~Robert Clancy

"Kindness acknowledges our humanity without making any assumptions or judgments ~ it just accepts what is and extends the helping hand or simply smiles a greeting to brighten the day..." ~Caloy Bueno

"Let my Soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts." ~Paramahansa Yogananda

"Never underestimate the light you bring to the world with your beautiful smile." ~Robert Clancy

"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile." ~Connie Stevens

"One smile has the power to:
Calm fears.
Soften stone walls.
Warm a cold heart.
Invite a new friend.
Mimic a loving hug.
Beautify the bearer.
Lighten heavy loads.
Promote good deeds.
Brighten a gloomy day.
Comfort a grieving spirit.
Offer hope to the forlorn.
Send a message of caring.
Lift the downtrodden soul.
Patch up invisible wounds.
Weaken the hold of misery.
Act as medicine for suffering.
Attract the companionship of angels.
Fulfil the human need for recognition.
Who knew changing the world would prove so simple."
~Richelle E. Goodrich

"Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"People asked how could I still keep smiling amidst the drenching rain. I said because I loved as much when it mattered, and still so much love remains." ~George Daniel Anos

"Smile and show your dimple;
you'll find it's very simple:
You can think of something comical
in a very little while.
Chase away the wrinkle;
sprinkle just a twinkle:
Light your face up,
just brace up and smile."
~Irving Berlin

"Smile is one of the most important part of your personality. It is a mirror that reflects the good things inside of you." ~Happy Heart Daily Inspiration

"Smile - sunshine is good for your teeth." ~Anon

"Smile, things are going to work out. You may not see it now, but you're being directed to a much greater happiness." ~Inspower

"Smiling can be a deliberate, intentioned act. When it is that, it becomes an act of creation, and a powerful tool. Be quick to smile, and quick to share your smile with others. You will light up your heart and light up the room." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear and to hide every pain.” ~Anon

"Sometimes even the naughty smile of a little child brings gladness to the heart." ~‪Georix Alertze‬

"Sometimes it's better to just remain silent, and smile." ~FB/Our Happy Life Page

"‪The pride of keeping and preserving the value of simple things brings priceless smiles of pleasure and the satisfaction of contentment..." ~‬Caloy Bueno

"The sides of buildings should be like the tops of lakes. I’d fish through your window hoping to catch a smile." ~Jarod Kintz

"The smile that lights up a face brimming with love is the most beautiful in the entire world." ~Amma

“The world always looks better from behind a smile.” ~Anon

"There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
~Rumi

"There is a divine beauty and grace within all animals." ~A.D. Williams

"Think about how much better this world would be if people would just smile at each other more often...You don't have to talk; you don't have to agree on anything; all you have to do is smile! Smiling breaks barriers; it eases tension, and it's the first step to making a new friend." ~Tom Giaquinto, Be A Good Human (from Mermaids of the Lake)

"To me nothing in the world is as precious as a genuine smile, especially from a child." ~Rumi

"True friends are the people who brighten your smile, everytime you're with them." ~Julia VeRost

"We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting." ~from SAND AND FOAM by Khalil Gibran

"Wear a mask for a year...and it becomes your face." ~M. Scott Momaday, Kiowa novelist

"When someone paints your universe with their smiles, your heart becomes a beautiful starlit canvas." ~Robert Clancy

"When you wear a smile your entire world becomes the universe within my heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Who has a beautiful soul can't have an ugly smile." ~Marinela Reka

"You're never fully dressed without a smile." ~Martin Charnin

"You’d be surprised what a smile can hide." ~The Healing Nest

“You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, then people gonna treat you better. You're gonna find, yes, you will, That you're beautiful as you feel.” ~Carole King

"Your love should be a warm ocean breeze of smiles washing over someone's lips; an angel’s song whispering endlessly their ears; and the light of a thousand celestial sunrises radiating from your beautiful heart. That's love!" ~Robert Clancy

"Your smile brings beauty to both you and humanity." ~A.D. Williams

“Your smile lights up a room like a candle in the dark. I can still hear the song of your laughter.” ~Anon


OTHERS

"A butterfly lights beside us, like a sunbeam ... and for a brief moment it's glory and beauty belong to our world. But then it flies on again, and although we wish it could have stayed, we are so thankful to have seen it at all." ~Anon

"A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life." ~Lewis Mumford (1895-1990)

"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." ~Roald Dahl

"Angelic prose is all the beauty your precious heart will ever need to say." ~Robert Clancy

"Beauty sleep is real - scientists found that faces of well-rested people look younger and are more attractive than sleep-deprived people." ~FACTS, Twitter

"Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can't resist charm." ~Audrey Tatou

"Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."~Isak Dinesen

"Don't let the darkness steal the beautiful person you have inside." ~Anon

"Every beautiful thing you say to someone becomes a part of them and you." ~Bryant McGill

"Every woman has a right to be beautiful." ~June Dally-Watkins, Australia's Etiquette Queen

“Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"From pure sensation to the intuition of beauty, from pleasure and pain to love and the mystical ecstasy and death — all the things that are fundamental to the human spirit, are most profoundly significant, can only be experienced, not expressed." ~Aldous Huxley

"Have you ever sat alone in a forest and noticed how life persists, how your existence is unnecessary for the beauty you witness? ~Cheryl Quejada Canning

"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.” ~Plato

"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." ~Oscar Wilde

"Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers." ~Kahlil Gibran

"Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant Oak in an acorn." ~William Arthur Ward

"Flowers are mother nature's way of telling us how much she loves us. What sunshine is to flowers, smiling faces are to us people: flowers are the smiles of our earth." ~Anon

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” ~Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi

"Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, up and downs, but that's its beauty." ~Happy Family

"Life is simply a series of changes—some difficult, some wonderful, but isn’t that what the beauty of life is all about?" ~Robert Clancy

"May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty in all days of your life. " ~Native Americans

"May your life continue to bloom with beauty, day by day." ~Laura Hegfield

"Mean people are really just sad people. They hurt others because they are hurting. Every person is born beautiful, and much of the ugliness in others was put inside of them by other hurting people." ~Bryant McGill

"No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face." ~John Donne

"On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day." ~Rumi

"Our kids can teach us a lot about ourselves, including how we perceive our own beauty." ~Chicken Soup for the Soul

"Peace of mind is a beautiful thing to see, but peace of heart allows you to see the beauty in everything." ~Robert Clancy

“Poise is being aware of your surroundings and being flexible and adaptable. Poise is not something you are born with or can acquire overnight. It is something you must practice daily.” ~First Sun Team on Leadership

"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." ~Saint Augustine

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts." ~Martin Buxbaum

"Some see no beauty in our trees without shade, our flowers without perfume, our birds who cannot fly, and our beasts who have not yet learned to walk on all fours. But the dweller in the wilderness acknowledges the subtle charm of this fantastic land of monstrosities. He becomes familiar with the beauty of loneliness." ~Marcus Clarke, 1846-1881, writer, poet

"Sometimes there is sadness in our journey, but there is also beauty. We must keep putting one foot in front of the other even when we are hurting or we will never know what is waiting for us around the bend." ~Brigitte Nicole

"Steeping my life in beauty brings color to my days and a song to my heart.” ~Thomas Kinkade

"That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful." ~Ninon de L’Enclos

"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves." ~Khalil Gibran

"The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it, and CHANGE." ~UDandRoundabouts

"The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you." ~Rumi

"The HORSE, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back." ~Amber Senti

"The most beautiful eyes are those who see everything with love and compassion." ~Nur Blessing

"The sun will go down - and when it does, who among us will appreciate its color, let alone its beauty?" ~Leah C. Dancel, December 8, 2011

"There are more fake guides and teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed." ~Shams Tabrizi

"There is a beauty in pain. The darkness has to be faced or there is never a way to the light." ~Thomas Plummer

"To love beauty is to see light."  ~Victor Hugo

“True Beauty: More beauty is found in a simple act of kindness than you’ll ever see on the cover of a fashion magazine or in some other human ideal. Be beautiful today!” ~Robert Clancy

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly 🦋 but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." ~Maya Angelou

"What you do, the way you think makes you beautiful." ~Scott Westerfeld

"You can be enchanting, in a pair of flats, showing very little skin. When you are living your best life, when you wear clothes to have fun, and there is a spring to your walk because joy lives inside the vessel that are your external imperfections, then you too have chanced upon the secret to what makes anybody, alluring." ~Hedda Tady,  May 1, 2021 (Allure in a woman)

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” ~Confucius on Appearance

"You may remember a beautiful face for a few days but will remember a beautiful soul forever." ~From Joy of Mom

"Your heart becomes fully aware of its beauty the moment it connects with another’s." ~Robert Clancy

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