I've been told to be skinny before - it's already happened, but it's up to you to either listen or say no. I'm not listening.

He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her.

Love yourself as you are. Love and approve of yourself.

If you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire … to do your best, … such a young woman is worthy of your love

You'd be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look

See with lamps on, Christy. Eyes wide open. See yourself as beautiful. The

But the Great Romance is the root of our stories, stories that confront us with the eternal ideals. Love. Beauty. Hope. The greatest gifts. The very heart of Elyon. Do you understand?" "Um . . . actually it sounds a bit abstract." "Ha! The opposite, Thomas! Do you know why we love beautiful flowers? Because we love beauty!

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

I'm not a big jeans fan because they are simply too hot.

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

TAL HAD TO laugh. Hardly presentable! Wasn't it strange, the way humans looked at themselves with eyes of flesh and not of the Spirit? Certainly that dear woman had been through mire and filth of every degree; she was scarred, exhausted, ragged, and dirty. But to the angels, she appeared as God Himself saw her, just as any other redeemed saint of the living God: pure, shining, clean, dressed in garments as white as snow.