Here are several of my favorite perspectives on beauty:

 

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Confucius

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.” Audrey Hepburn

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

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” Francis Bacon

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.” John Ray

“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

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” Anatole France

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. Khalil Gibran

“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. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” Ashley Smith

“There is a special kind of beauty in imperfection.” Conrad Hall

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

“When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.” Akhenaton

“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.” Socrates

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” John Keats

To love beauty is to see light. Victor Hugo

“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. David Hume I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” Anne Frank

“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” Dante Alighieri

“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: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds – even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.” Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.” Aristotle

“Rare is the union of beauty and purity.” Juvenal

“Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That’s what makes me feel good.” Laetitia Casta

“Beauty is the promise of happiness.” Edmund Burke

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller