120 Beauty Quotes That Celebrate Charm and Elegance

In a world that often dazzles us with glimpses of “perfection,” it’s easy to forget that we each hold our own unique style of beauty. With social media constantly showcasing curated highlights, it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparison, focusing on what we think are flaws instead of celebrating the traits that make us one-of-a-kind. That's why these beauty quotes are such important reminders.

Sometimes all we really need is a gentle nudge to reflect and appreciate our own self. Inspirational quotes about beauty are perfect for this—they help shift our perspective, guiding us back to the qualities that make us feel confident and empowered. After all, true beauty isn’t about striving for perfection; it’s about embracing our individuality and celebrating what makes us unique. 

As Audrey Hepburn said, “Happy girls are the prettiest.” This simple quote reminds us that natural beauty radiates from within, fueled by our joy, self-love and the way we carry ourselves. No matter our age, background, or journey, there is something gorgeous about each of us. Whether it’s our resilience, our kindness, or the way we express ourselves, we all have qualities that shine. So, the next time you need a little reminder, let these 120 short and meaningful beauty quotes lift you up.

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120 Best Quotes About Beauty

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

2. “Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates.” ― Kate Angell

3. “Females are the most beautiful, gorgeous creatures in the whole world. And I think that we are gorgeous no matter what size we are.” ― Alicia Keys

4. “At some point, the girl who never thinks she is pretty, will believe she is. And she is beautiful.” ― Emily R. McCormick

5. “You are worthy of love and respect. You are beautiful, gifted, and intelligent. Don’t let the storm make you forget it.” ― Russell T Davies

6. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” ― Melissa Etheridge

7. “Forgive yourself for believing that you’re anything less than beautiful.” ― Iyanla Vanzant

8. “You are beautiful because that’s the skin you were born with. Love it. And be proud of it.” ― Shay Mitchell

9. “Just exactly as you are, this minute, right now, without changing a thing…you are beautiful. Beautiful enough to take God’s breath away…” ― Neale Donald Walsch

10. “It’s okay to feel like you don't look like the next person. But what you have to know is that you are beautiful and you are strong and you are worth it. It's important to know that.” ― Jordin Sparks

11. “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe

12. “If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty which is, who cares?” ― Tina Fey

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

14. “Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you're most beautiful.” ― Zoë Kravitz

15. “A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too. I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness.” ― Miranda Kerr

Natural Beauty Quotes

16. “We all have a natural beauty. It’s about accentuating and figuring out what your thing is.” ― Eva Marcille

17. “Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.” ― Aldous Huxley

18. “Being natural is incredibly empowering for women because it’s just who you are. You’re embracing all the beautiful things about you from your head to your toes. Because when you mask so much of your natural beauty, people don’t get to see that.” ― Rozonda Thomas

19. “Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.” ― Pamela Anderson

20. “Less make-up is better, and it’s always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.” ― Park Shin-hye

21. “To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you're naturally yourself, you’re beautiful.” ― Young M.A

22. “It’s nice to just embrace the natural beauty within you.” ― Victoria Justice

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

24. “Whenever I don’t have to wear make-up, it’s a good day.” ― Cameron Diaz

25. “I feel most beautiful at night when I take my make-up off and it’s just me.” ― Ashley Greene

26. “Life isn’t always really glamorous and fabulous. It’s about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.” ― Zoe Foster Blake

27. “As I get older―and wiser of course―I appreciate natural beauty in a different way.” ― Kaitlyn Bristowe

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28. “You really don't need to wear any make-up most of the time; keep your eyebrows the way they are, and find your own natural beauty signature.” ― Erin Heatherton

29. “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

30. “I find beauty in unusual things, like hanging your head out the window or sitting on a fire escape.” ― Scarlett Johansson

31. “Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” ― Markus Zusak

32. “Take care of your inner, spiritual beauty. That will reflect in your face.” ― Dolores Del Río

33. “What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.” ― Scott Westerfeld

34. “Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.” ― Helen Fisher

35. “Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.” ― Kerry Washington

36. “When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out.” ― Christy Turlington

37. “Leave your hair natural. Let your beard grow out. Leave the makeup in the bag. Wear comfortable clothes. Stop worrying so much about your looks and start looking around you. You have missed so much beauty trying to become beautiful. You have missed your own worth trying to become worthy. Let the mask break open. Let it lie on the floor. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself see.” ― Vironika Tugaleva

38. “It’s okay to wake up and look however you look. You are beautiful regardless.” ― Ella Mai

39. “A heart in love with beauty never grows old.” — Turkish Proverb

40. “You are not born with beauty; your beauty is created by who you are. Your inner beauty is more important than how people see you on the outside.” — Emily Coussons

41. “Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.” ― Laurence J. Peter

42. “A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.” ― George Meredith

43. “I think whenever there’s potential for beauty, beauty can be found. And everything has potential for beauty.” ― Kamand Kojouri

44. “In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” ― Christopher Morley

Short Beauty Quotes

45. “Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.” ― H. G. Wells

46. “Beauty and folly are old companions.” ― Benjamin Franklin

47. “The greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.” ― Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

48. “It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.” ― Hosea Ballou

49. “Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.” ― Socrates

50. “Being young and beautiful is not a crime, you know.” ― The Parent Trap

51. “Beauty is the illumination of your soul.” ―John O’Donohue

52. “I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.” ― Audrey Hepburn

53. “Beauty doesn’t need ornaments.” ― Munshi Premchand

54. “Life is beautiful and so are you.” ― Debasish Mridha

55. “You are beautiful when you are happy.” ― Oscar Wilde

56. “Tall, thin, curvy, short―whatever you are, you are beautiful.” ― Demi Lovato

57. “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.” ― Beyoncé Knowles

58. “You are beautiful just the way you are.” ― Nick Vujicic

59. “You are enough―you are beautiful.” ― Meagan Tandy

60. “It’s that heart of gold and stardust soul that makes you beautiful.” ― R.M. Broderick

61. “And in her smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars.” ― Beth Revis

62. “Beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.” ― Matthew Fox

63. “You are beautiful in every single way.” ― Christina Aguilera

64. “Beauty is not caused. It is.” — Emily Dickinson

65. “Beauty is an attitude.” — Anonymous

66. “Beauty largely comes from within.” ― Christy Turlington

67. “I swear to God, happiness is the best make-up.” ― Drew Barrymore

68. “To love beauty is to see light.” ― Victor Hugo

69. “Beauty is whatever gives joy.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay

70. “Live your eyeliner, breathe your lipstick and kill for each other.” ― Lady Gaga

71. “Beauty is a fragile gift.” ― Ovid

72. “Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies.” ― Rashida Jones

73. “There is no definition of beauty.” ― Liv Tyler

74. “You look best when you stand out!” ― Selena Gomez

75. “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.” ― Khalil Gibran

76. “Beauty awakens the soul to act.” ― Dante Alighieri

77. “If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.” ― Hillary Clinton

78. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” ― Anne Frank

79. “There is no beauty without strangeness.” ― Karl Lagerfeld

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

81. “Real beauty is to be true to oneself.” ― Laetitia Casta

82. “Gorgeous hair is the best revenge.” ― Ivana Trump

83. “Integrity reveals beauty.” ― Thomas Leonard

84. “Your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.” ― Lauren Bacall

85. “Beauty is the gift of God.” — Aristotle

86. “Bangs don’t look good on everyone, confidence does.” ― Lauren Conrad

87. “You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.” ―Anouk Aimee

88. “You’re beautiful, like a Mayfly.” ― Ernest Hemingway

True Beauty Quotes

89. “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” ― Maya Angelou

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

91. “True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.” ― Alek Wek

92. “I’m firmly convinced that true beauty only springs from the acceptance of oneself, from an awareness of who we really are.” ― Peter Lindbergh

93. “There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.” ― Joseph Addison

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

95. “Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass lipstick.”
― Gwneth Paltrow

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

97. “Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one’s self.” ― Priscilla Presley

98. “When I tell you that you’re beautiful, I don’t just mean your appearance. I mean all of you; who and what you are, is beautiful.” ― Steve Maraboli

99. “It’s 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

100. “You are beautiful because of the light you carry inside you. You are beautiful because you say you are, and you hold yourself that way.” ― Mary Lambert

101. “How many years did I waste worrying about the way I look? I'm almost 60 and it has taken me all these years. Don’t wait until you get to my age to realize that you are beautiful.” ― Shirley Ballas

102. “True beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ― Kahlil Gibran

103. “The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that’s the point.” ― Shonda Rhimes

104. “Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak

105. “Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.”
― Sophia Loren

106. “Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.” ― Kerry Washington

107. “Yes, you are beautiful! You are magical because of all your flaws, quirks, and weirdness! Yes, you are beautiful in your own unique way.” ― Avijeet Da

108. “Beauty is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon.” ― Oscar Wilde

109. “There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” ― Maria Mitchell

110. “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

111. “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” ― John Keats

112. “We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.” ― Shirley Chisholm

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

114. “Inner beauty radiates from within, and there’s nothing more beautiful than when a woman feels beautiful on the inside.” ― Erin Heatherton

115. “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

116. “Once I learned to like me more than others did, then I didn't have to worry about being the funniest or the most popular or the prettiest. I was the best me and I only ever tried to be that.” ― Issa Rae

117. “Do all the good you can and create a life that feels good on the inside, not one that just looks good on the outside. It is inner beauty which matters most.” ― Dr. Anil Kumar Sinha

118. “You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female.’” ― Erin McKean

119. “You are beautiful. You are strong. You are worth it. You are loved.” ― Macaile Hutt

120. “What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.” ― Albrecht Durer

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