--- title: "Popular Nature of Beauty Quotations" description: "Browse 1,583 Nature of Beauty quotes by 991 authors. Discover the best Nature of Beauty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/john-f-kennedy-246_america_i-look-forward-to-an-america-which-will_2769130.jpg" --- > [I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/i-look-forward-to-an-america-which-will-not-be-afraid-of-grace-and-3/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/john-f-kennedy-246_america_i-look-forward-to-an-america-which-will_2769130.jpg) > [To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/to-live-with-the-conscious-knowledge-of-the-shadow-of-uncertainty/) [Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/peter-abrahams-27567_acknowledge_to-live-with-the-conscious-knowledge-of_1766694.jpg) > [Marian Palaia is a writer of startling grace and sensuous lyricism - reading her, you feel as if you've never heard language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonis-agee/marian-palaia-is-a-writer-of-startling-grace-and-sensuous-lyricism/) [Jonis Agee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonis-agee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/jonis-agee-48544_beautiful_marian-palaia-is-a-writer-of-startling-g_672845.png) > [“One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/one-never-ought-to-listen-to-the-flowers-one-should-simply-look-at/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_nature-of-beauty_one-never-ought-to-listen-to-the-flowers_1036685.png) > [Perfect moments, especially when they verge on the sublime have the grave disadvantage of being very short lived, which in fact, being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/perfect-moments-especially-when-they-verge-on-the-sublime-have-the/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/jos-saramago-208_disadvantage_perfect-moments-especially-when-they-ver_1444638.jpg) > [“when that small Siberian bird fell out of the sky over Gray's River, not once but twice, he brought with him the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-michael-pyle/when-that-small-siberian-bird-fell-out-of-the-sky-over-gray-s-river/) [Robert Michael Pyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-michael-pyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/robert-michael-pyle-37832_birds_when-that-small-siberian-bird-fell-out-o_2041088.jpg) > [To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-myss/to-love-yourself-truly-love-yourself-is-to-finally-discover-the/) [Caroline Myss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-myss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/caroline-myss-1439_courage_to-love-yourself-truly-love-yourself-is_2103862.png) > [“Poor Aubrey: I hope he will get all right. He brought a strangely new personality to English art, and was a master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/poor-aubrey-i-hope-he-will-get-all-right-he-brought-a-strangely-new/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/oscar-wilde-16_art_poor-aubrey-i-hope-he-will-get-all-right_2985907.jpg) > [“In its dream of the triumph of reason and science, the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century failed in its hope of sweeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-swafford/in-its-dream-of-the-triumph-of-reason-and-science-the-enlightenment/) [Jan Swafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-swafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/jan-swafford-59979_buddhism_in-its-dream-of-the-triumph-of-reason-an_2158581.jpg) > [“Very few of us understand Honorable Bird, except to acknowledge that without his power and grace nothing would be written, painted, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/very-few-of-us-understand-honorable-bird-except-to-acknowledge-that/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/madeleine-l-engle-345_art_very-few-of-us-understand-honorable-bird_1975700.png) > [“He’d never encountered beauty of such magnitude and intensity. It was not allure, but grace, like the sight of land to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-thomas/he-d-never-encountered-beauty-of-such-magnitude-and-intensity-it-was/) [Sherry Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/sherry-thomas-2738_beauty_he-d-never-encountered-beauty-of-such-ma_2985016.jpg) > [The wrinkled man in the wheelchair with the legs wrapped, the girl with her face punctured deep with the teeth marks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-wrinkled-man-in-the-wheelchair-with-the-legs-wrapped-the-girl/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/ann-voskamp-729_beautiful_the-wrinkled-man-in-the-wheelchair-with_441038.jpg) > [“figure full of the affluent beauty of womanhood in its prime, bearing unmistakable marks of the polished pupil of the world in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/figure-full-of-the-affluent-beauty-of-womanhood-in-its-prime-bearing/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/louisa-may-alcott-318_art_figure-full-of-the-affluent-beauty-of-wo_1910888.jpg) > [“I want first of all... to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/i-want-first-of-all-to-be-at-peace-with-myself-i-want-a-singleness-of/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_grace_i-want-first-of-all-to-be-at-peace-with_701620.jpg) > [“She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-zolendz/she-is-a-mortal-danger-to-all-men-she-is-beautiful-without-knowing-it-2/) [Christine Zolendz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-zolendz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/christine-zolendz-2117_beauty_she-is-a-mortal-danger-to-all-men-she-is_1683063.jpg) > [Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-guest/lord-this-humble-house-we-d-keep-sweet-with-play-and-calm-with-sleep/) [Edgar Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/edgar-guest-10328_beauty_lord-this-humble-house-we-d-keep-sweet-w_161860.png) > [Cate Blanchett is mesmerizing. I don't know why. It's beyond my understanding. Why we all want to work with her is she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/cate-blanchett-is-mesmerizing-i-don-t-know-why-it-s-beyond-my/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/brad-pitt-1608_elegance_cate-blanchett-is-mesmerizing-i-don-t-kn_1347821.jpg) > [Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-frederic-amiel/each-bud-flowers-but-once-and-each-flower-has-but-its-minute-of/) [Henri Frederic Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-frederic-amiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/henri-frederic-amiel-1276_beauty_each-bud-flowers-but-once-and-each-flowe_99718.png) > [With the word creative we stand under a mystery. And from time to time that mystery, as if it were a sun,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-l-travers/with-the-word-creative-we-stand-under-a-mystery-and-from-time-to-time/) [P. L. Travers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-l-travers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/p-l-travers-18631_creative_with-the-word-creative-we-stand-under-a_797193.png) > [Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/art-employs-method-for-the-symmetrical-formation-of-beauty-as-science/) [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron_art_art-employs-method-for-the-symmetrical-f_305960.jpg) > [In vain people busy themselves with finding any good of man's own in his will. For any mixture of the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/in-vain-people-busy-themselves-with-finding-any-good-of-man-s-own-in/) [John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/john-calvin-490_bitter_in-vain-people-busy-themselves-with-find_3101084.jpg) > [It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/it-was-about-grace-she-decides-something-that-has-been-missing-from/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/emily-giffin-938_bitterness_it-was-about-grace-she-decides-something_1993993.png) > [The fullness of Your grace is here with me The richness of Your beauty’s all I see The brightness of Your glory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-wickham/the-fullness-of-your-grace-is-here-with-me-the-richness-of-your/) [Phil Wickham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-wickham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/phil-wickham-54072_beauty_the-fullness-of-your-grace-is-here-with_1711019.jpg) ## Top authors on Nature of Beauty - [Lailah Gifty Akita 97 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/william-shakespeare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/victor-hugo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tullian-tchividjian-92416.jpg) Tullian Tchividjian 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/tullian-tchividjian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ann-voskamp-13597.jpg) Ann Voskamp 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/ann-voskamp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-lucado-65870.jpg) Max Lucado 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/max-lucado/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edmund-burke-31567.jpg) Edmund Burke 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/edmund-burke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-calvin-51107.jpg) John Calvin 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/john-calvin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-dryden-51272.jpg) John Dryden 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/john-dryden/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-of-beauty/#itemlist", "name": "Nature of Beauty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John F. 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