Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.

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There is beauty everywhere; even in the dark, there is light, and that is the rarest kind of all. ― Catherine Doyle

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

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Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

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Life should be a risk. It's more than a straight line that you can see clearly from one point to the other. It dips and curves and you never know what's around the bend sometimes until you get there. That scares a lot of people. But that's the beauty of it. ― Katie Kacvinsky

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I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep. ― Ann Voskamp

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But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. ― Anne Bronte

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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ― Marcus Aurelius

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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.

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Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.

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