“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
Confucius
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Beauty Quotes
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Beauty Quotes
Read 200 of the best beauty quotes about inner beauty, nature and art from John Keats, Kahlil Gibran, Rabindranath Tagore, Anne Frank, Coco Chanel, Ralph Waldo Emerson and more.
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”
John Keats
JoyTimeless Beauty
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty; that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
John Keats
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
FaithOpportunity
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inner BeautyTravel
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
ArtTaste
“Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.”
Kahlil Gibran
EternitySelf
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
Kahlil Gibran
Inner BeautyHeart
“Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.”Rabindranath Tagore
“The good is the beautiful.”Plato
GoodnessPhilosophy
“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”Aristotle
AppearanceWit
“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”Socrates
AppearanceShort Quotes
“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”
Saint Augustine
LoveSoul
“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”
Francis Bacon
UniquenessImperfection
“The best part of beauty is that which a picture cannot express.”
Francis Bacon
Inner BeautyArt
“Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.”William Shakespeare
PerceptionPoetry
“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an orator.”William Shakespeare
Power Of BeautyPoetry
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
SoulSolitude
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
Leo Tolstoy
AppearanceTruth
“Beauty will save the world.”Fyodor Dostoevsky
HopeShort Quotes
“Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.”Fyodor Dostoevsky
MysteryHeart
“To love beauty is to see light.”
Victor Hugo
LightLove
“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
Timeless BeautyEternity
“No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.”Oscar Wilde
PerspectiveWit
“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
Edgar Allan Poe
EmotionSoul
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About Beauty Quotes
Beauty is everywhere if we know how to look: in a sunrise, a piece of music, a kind act, a wrinkled smile or the face of someone we love. The wisest writers and thinkers remind us that true beauty goes far deeper than appearance. It shines through character, kindness, confidence and the way we see the world.
This collection brings together 200 of the best beauty quotes about inner beauty, natural beauty, beauty in art and the beauty of everyday life, from John Keats, Kahlil Gibran, Rabindranath Tagore, Anne Frank, Coco Chanel, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mahatma Gandhi. Let them remind you of the beauty in yourself and around you. For more, explore our [Nature Quotes](/topics/nature-quotes) and [Art Quotes](/topics/art-quotes).
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Beauty quotes.
What is the most famous quote about beauty?
John Keats's "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" and Confucius's "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it" are two of the best known.
What are some quotes about inner beauty?
Kahlil Gibran wrote, "Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart." Coco Chanel said, "Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."
Who said "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"?
The modern wording comes from the Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford in 1878, though the idea is much older. H. G. Wells later offered a twist: "Beauty is in the heart of the beholder."
What are some Indian quotes about beauty?
Rabindranath Tagore called beauty "truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror." The Thirukkural says kindness is "the ornament of the eye," and the Indian ideal of Satyam Shivam Sundaram links truth, goodness and beauty.
What is a good quote about beauty and ageing?
Mark Twain said, "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." Coco Chanel added that you can be "irresistible for the rest of your life."
What is a short beauty quote?
Try "Exuberance is beauty," "Beauty is an attitude," "Beauty will save the world" or "Things are beautiful if you love them."