#if

Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why. ↗

— Wendy Shalit

#femininity #modesty #women #beauty

When in doubt, be simple. Your life purpose should be an easy target to conceive sometimes all it takes is a simple act of courage to get you there. ↗

— Omar Al-Attas

#courage

All that destiny garbage. Nobody can decide what happens to you. Nobody but you. ↗

— Margaret Stohl

#beauty

But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in you. Call upon your strength. Use compassion and faith. Even during sad times joy is within you. Bring it forth. Wisdom is there to guide you. Use any one of your gifts and you will rouse the power of your healing place. Use all of them and you will sustain it. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#compassion #courage #faith #healing #hope

It wasn't about how she looked, which was pretty, even though she was always wearing the wrong clothes and those beat-up sneakers. It wasn't about what she said in class--usually something no one else would've thought of, and if they had, something they wouldn't have dared to say. It wasn't that she was different from all the other girls at Jackson. That was obvious. It was that she made me realize how much I was just like the rest of them, even if I wanted to pretend I wasn't. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#ethan-wate #lena-duchannes #likeness #beauty

He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#beauty

Why me, Trav?” I had a thing for you since the night of that first fight.” What?” “It’s true. You in that cardigan with blood all over you? You looked absolutely ridiculous, “Thanks.” “It was when you looked up at me. That was the moment. You had this wide-eyeyed, innocent look…no pretenses. You didn’t look at me like I was Travis Maddox,” “you looked at me like I was…I don’t know, a person I guess.” “News flash, Trav. You are a person.” No, before you came, Shepley was the only one that treated me like anyone else. You didn’t get all awkward, or flirt, or run your fingers through your hair. You saw me.” “I was a complete bitch to you, Travis.” He kissed my neck. “That’s what sealed the deal.” “I hope this gets old soon. I don’t see myself ever getting tired of you.” “Promise?” he asked ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#by-jamie-mcguire #beauty

What is Life? Life is Love. Enjoy it. Life is Beauty.  Praise it. Life is Spirit.  Realise it. Life is Song. Sing it. Life is a Mystery.  Unfold it. Life is a Challenge.  Meet it. Life is a Goal.  Achieve it. Life is an Adventure.  Dare it. Life is a Sorrow. Overcome it. Life is a Tragedy.  Face it. Life is a Game.  Play it. Life is a Duty.  Perform it. Life is an Opportunity.  Take it. Life is a Struggle.  Fight it. Life is a Journey.  Complete it. Life is a Puzzle.  Solve it. Life is a Promise.  Fulfil it.   ↗

— from Hindu Scriptures

#beauty

Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the practices with which we were raised. In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for the power that created us. ↗

— Dan Brown

#life

There are no people who are ugly. There are only people who are beautiful. ↗

— Rin Avey

#people #ugly #beauty