In courtesy I'd have her chiefly learned;
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned
By those that are not entirely beautiful;
Yet many, that have played the fool
For beauty's very self, has charm made wise,
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned
By those that are not entirely beautiful;
Yet many, that have played the fool
For beauty's very self, has charm made wise,
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
—William Butler Yeats, "A Prayer For My Daughter"
"What do you want, an adorable pancreas?"
—Jean Kerr
D-d-don't worry little girl...A fff-fa-face is nothing...The inside...It's...It's what matters.
—Rando (who himself had his face sawed off with a buzzsaw) to Buddy (who had her face severely cut with metal claws), LISA
Drax: You're hideous.
Mantis: What?
Drax: Don't worry, it's better to be ugly. That way if someone loves you, you know it's real. Beautiful people never know for sure.
Mantis: What?
Drax: Don't worry, it's better to be ugly. That way if someone loves you, you know it's real. Beautiful people never know for sure.
Mantis: [watching fireworks] They're beautiful...
Drax: So are you. [beat] On the inside.
Drax: So are you. [beat] On the inside.
You know when sometimes you meet someone so beautiful and then you actually talk to them and five minutes later they're as dull as a brick? Then there's other people, when you meet them you think, "Not bad. They're okay." And then you get to know them and... and their face just sort of becomes them. Like their personality's written all over it. And they just turn into something so beautiful. Rory's the most beautiful man I've ever met.
— Amy Pond, Doctor Who
"The only thing important is what's UNDER the skin..."
—Mama Odie, The Princess and the Frog
"Ah, haha, no need to flatter me like that there, Lady Aphrodite! Beauty's almost entirely within the mind, I'm sure! And in the muscles and the jawline and the winning smile and, well, who am I to tell you, yeah?"
—Dionysus, Hades
"Beauty fades eventually, but a kind soul remains forever."
—Carla, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
