There is nothing so inspiring to a man as a beautiful woman.

Jesus said, "Do not throw your pearls to pigs" (Matt. 7:6). By this we don't think he was calling some people pigs. He was saying, "Look—be careful that you do not give something precious to someone who, at best, cannot recognize its beauty, or at worst, will trample on it." Consider your feminine heart and beauty your treasure, your pearls.

And as for her beauty, she either hides it in fear and anger, or she uses it to secure her place in the world.

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us—and if we do not agree, seems to put its hand in its breeches pocket. Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject.

When you do something noble and beautiful and no one notices, don't be sad. Sunrise is a beautiful spectacle but without a doubt the greater part of the audience is still asleep.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

Every experience of beauty points to [eternity].

Beauty is the arrowhead of evangelization, the point with which the evangelist pierces the minds and hearts of those he evangelizes.

I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

Always be. Never try to become. You can be anything you want, just don't work at becoming. Remember to be it.