To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.

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...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep... ― John Geddes

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The years lay spread out before her, spacious untouched canvases on which she was presently going to paint the picture of her life. It was to be a very beautiful picture, she said to herself with an extraordinary feeling of proud confidence; not beautiful because of any gifts or skill of hers, for never was a woman more giftless, but because of all the untiring little touches, the ceaseless care for detail, the patient painting out of mistakes; and every touch and every detail was going to be aglow with the bright colours of happiness. ― Elizabeth von Arnim

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I'm not a - I'm beautiful, but I'm not working because I'm drop-dead gorgeous with a fantastic body. I think I continue to work because I'm good at my craft. I'm dedicated to bringing to life what the author is trying to portray. I try to make the producers cry and the crew laugh.

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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.

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You may be the most beautiful woman on planet earth, but I will not change my principles for you. ― Avijeet Das

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To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.- Nina Simone

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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. -Albert Pujols

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