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“I think the beauty of Catholicism is its consistency through both successes and difficulties. I’ve counted on my faith to give me strength through both training and competition — but also in school, with my family and everyday life. So while my goals in the pool have changed, my faith remains something that’s consistent and something I can always rely on.”
Katie Ledecky (born 1997) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Interview With Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky on Her Catholic Faith (August 19, 2016)
“The virtuous love the mountains and the intelligent the water.” says Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, because the mountains are stable and constant while water is mobile and variable. When this stability, constancy and mobility, variability makes a perfect harmony, there is an ideal beauty in Nature. (The Italian Front as Seen by a Japanese Samurai)”
Harukichi Shimoi (1883–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“India is not only the Italy of Asia, it is not only the land of romance of art and beauty, and it is in religion, earth's central shrine. India is religion.”
John Adam Cramb (1862–1913) said by 1913 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My relationship with Italy is really a relationship of memory... of colors and shapes whose roots are in my childhood. I am convinced that anyone raised in Italy has unconsciously received a very incisive visual education. Having constantly been exposed to artistic masterpieces of incredible beauty, one implicitly receives an education in taste that remains unmatched.”
Vincenzo Amato (born 1966) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Artist's Iron Man: a Life in Sculpture and Film (June 30, 2008)
“I will contribute who I am. I deeply believe in the beauty of the Church of Montreal, of its diversity, of its expressions, and of its culture. It is our mission to strive for reconciliation and peace. I believe that that's what the people need.”
Alain Faubert (born 1965) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inside the Heart of a Bishop (April 27, 2016)
“The whole underside of our society has always been violence and still is. Churches, laws--everybody seems to think that man is a noble savage. But he's only an animal. A meat-eating, talking animal. Recognize it. He also has grace and love and beauty. But don't say to me we're not violent.”
Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Playboy, August 1972
“The purest way to communicate the human condition is through the beauty of music.”
Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview in “My Favorite Song: Edward W. Hardy of 'The Woodsman'” NewYork.com (2016 May 13), “‘Why we joined the union’ - Edward W. Hardy” Allegro Magazine - Local 802 AFM (2020 Feb 4)
“To be honest, when I was growing up, the beauty industry did feel very monocultural. It wasn’t that easy to find people that looked like me or my family - whether you’re talking about advertisements or magazines, or general representation in the media.”
Gemma Chan (born 1982) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gemma Chan: Beauty is no longer about hiding flaws" in Harper's Bazaar (17 November 2020)
“Poems are about things and occurrences that we don’t see visually, it’s the needing of beauty and meaning, that’s what poetry can be. In a natural way there are many stories that interweave throughout the film, and the film’s big scene is not just about the tragic event, but it also meets with what poetry is about, they interweave together.”
Lee Chang-dong (born 1954) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview: Lee Chang-dong Talks ‘Poetry,’ How ‘Avatar’ Affected Him, An ‘Oasis’ Remake & More" in Indie Wire (8 February 2011)
“When I started watching movies, I liked that realistic approach. The story in this movie is fictional but I didn't want to compromise in the way I presented the way they are living their lives. I didn't have any storyboards -- I mostly followed them for four years. I became one of them. I wanted the audience to feel the beauty and the freshness that I felt in that village.”
Rima Das (born 1977) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Wrap Article - ‘Village Rockstars’ Director Says Her Acting Struggles Helped Her Oscar Contending Film - 17 November 2018 - Archive
“We all have our individual challenges in any field, the beauty of working in the field of storytelling is you tell it the way you want to. So write the stories you want to see on screen. Support the stories you want to watch. Focus on the ways it is working and make more work. Find the doors that are open to you, and kick them open wide.”
Adrienne Wilkinson (born 1977) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW WITH “DREAMCATCHER” STAR ADRIENNE WILKINSON (March 3, 2021)
“Sin debases the divine beauty of the image of both the soul and of the body and makes it ugly and useless.”
Nectarios of Aegina (1846–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All women of the world, lets normalise being content with how God created us, proudly and loudly so enhancing our beauty is perfectly fine except when it’s to the detriment of our health, be it physically or emotionally.”
Hope Masike (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On Seven Sinners, Marlene Dietrich was the boss. She took one look at me on my first day and stated, "I vill not vork vit anutter blonde." So I had to go to the beauty shop and get my hair dyed mud brown.”
Anna Lee (1913–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking, circa 1980s, with James Bawden; as quoted in Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era (2016) by Bawden and Ron Miller, p. 209
“That, in the midst of our daily struggle from birth to death, mankind should ever have conceived such things as laughter or beauty or goodness appears to me a far more marvellous thing than the finest supernatural miracle ever invented by all the mythologies.”
Henry Nevinson (1856–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Essays, Poems and Tales of H. W. Nevinson, edited by H. N. Brailsford. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1948. Also quoted in Viscount Samuel, "Viscount Samuel's Book of Quotations", James Barrie, London, 1954.
“Beauty depends on the person looking at you”
Marie Immaculée Ingabire (1962–2025) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ingabire Marie Immaculee does not understand the importance of Miss RwandaKigaliToday(January 23, 2019)
“But one thing is necessary,” (Luke 10:42), and it is not beauty, not health, not talent. It is the salvation of our immortal souls.”
Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787) said by 1787 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That night my activism found a new target: to bring to the world a new understanding of the modern African continent — its youthful potential; its beauty, and most of all, the powerful African philosophy of ubuntu, which sheds light on what it means to be human, and how we can better treat each other for the betterment of us all.”
Elizabeth Nyamayaro (born 1975) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The ‘girl from Africa’ who is taking ubuntu to the world", Mail & Guardian (July 10, 2021)
“Can’t beauty be defined by being comfortable in your own skin?”
Kaone Kario (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In India I have found great beauty of a kind far too rare in the United States. Instead of the hard, taut, anxious faces, so common in America, I have seen many there that were calm, open, untroubled, serene. I have seen dignity and grace of movement derived not from training but from inner peace and wholeness.”
Barbara Pitney Lamb wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are so many different types of flowers, we all grow in numerous different ways and bloom separate from the next. I believe it would be an injustice to hide such beauty from the rest of the world and the next budding flower. And now that I am a part of the world of pageantry, I find myself humbled at the thought of a little girl who looks at me and feels like a fire light up inside her.”
Palesa Molefe (born 1990) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Palesa Molefe crowned Miss Botswana (1 November 2021)
“The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people. We are so different but I think in some ways we are similar too.”
Palesa Molefe (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is my hope that this direction may assist us as a Diocesan family to continue to grow in holiness through a renewed relationship with God through our prayer and integrity of life, but also by fostering further formation throughout our Diocese on the beauty, theology and praxis of the sacred liturgy, where we encounter Our Lord most intimately.”
Luis R. Zarama (born 1958) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter from Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama to priests of the diocese on “Traditionis Custodes” (12 October 2021)
“The beauty with life is that everyone has something unique they know; something you can always learn.”
Elizabeth Itotia (born 1992) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in an article titled Kenya's First Female Radiopharmaceutical Scientist by Magdalene Wanja published on 25th July, 2021.
“Toni Morrison’s novel Home for the immense power of her story and the exquisite beauty of her language. I’ve read, re-read and listened to the book being read by the author.”
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauty of poetry shouldn’t be in how well the poet hides meaning between the lines. It should be in how easily he makes his readers discover them. A poem does not have to be difficult to be profound; ‘simple’ and ‘profound’ are not mutually exclusive.”
Tolu Akinyemi (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sleeping Beauty is not herself, and doesn’t become so until the isolation of her hundred-year sleep, during which she must dream her own dreams. Carabosse’s curse is the most meaningful gift the girl could have been given.”
Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My father taught me integrity while my mother taught me to be industrious, hardworking and disciplined. My husband, Dr. Iko Ibanga, is another person who has taught me to strike a balance between my pioneering, result-oriented spirit and loving people sincerely. He is one man that brings beauty out of relationships.”
Esther Ibanga (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Divine providence graces you, and you are endowed with passion of love and alienated from your ego, at that time Divine love enters your inmost being and He shows His Beauty to you.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you recognize the Beauty, you will also recognize the Beloved and fall in love with Him.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Beloved created your being from His own love so that He could see His own beauty in the mirror of your heart and make you privy of His mysteries.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauty of worldly allurements makes it lovers so much oblivious that they forget the passage of temporal as well as celestial worlds. They fail to understand the challenge before them.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When His (God) beauty has permeated in each and every iota of the world, why should I sit like an ascetic (hermit) in a corner!”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O the people of faith, when you open inner eyes, you will see beauty of the Beloved, radiant everywhere. In every mirror you see Him. In every color of His manifestation you will notice fire of His love.”
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (1209–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art is not only made from things that "spark joy." Art is also made out of what is ugly or repulsive to us. Part of the artist's job is to help tidy up the place, to make order out of chaos, to turn trash into treasure, to show us beauty where we can't see it.”
Austin Kleon (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly,”
Betty White (1922–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There will be changes. Coups. Soldiers everywhere. Ugliness. Blindness. And then when people least expect it a great transformation is going to take place in the world. Suffering people will know justice and beauty. A wonderful change is coming from far away and people will realise the great meaning of struggle and hope. There will be peace.”
Ben Okri (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So, Lord, please teach me the the conscience of a child, beauty of his innocence, and the forgiveness of his heart.”
Oliver Mbamara wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some Hollywood film-makers have asked me to play an Asian beauty but a good script is all that matters. Does it blend in well with you to create a chemistry? Or are you just a pretty face who runs around in the film, playing a role in which nobody cares if you live or die? If so, it’s meaningless even if it is a box-office success.”
Gong Li (born 1965) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Gong Li" (15 July 2010)
“The study of religion opens the human capacity for beauty, meaning, and an awareness of something more than ourselves.”
Susan Ashbrook Harvey (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Each of these Churches, including the Latin Church, has its own genius. The beauty is to learn from each other without destroying the uniqueness of each one.”
Bosco Puthur (born 1946) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pope looks east for possible Church reforms (22 November 2013)
“We recognize it as an act of bravery and beauty, of daring and defiance. And we look forward to a time when that courage is no longer needed, when all people in all places can feel the freedom and the joy that we feel here today.”
Jill Biden (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What keeps earth air breathable? Not oxygen alone. The earth is a freer place to breathe in, every time you love without calculating a return – every time you make your drudgeries and routines still more inefficient by stopping to experience the shock of beauty wherever it unpredictably flickers.”
Peter Viereck (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Taste is that faculty which selects and relishes such combinations of ideas as produce genuine beauty, and rejects the contrary.”
John Mason Good (1764–1827) said by 1827 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even ugly people know beauty when they don't see it.”
Steve Toltz (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More women need to take bold steps into fields that aren’t traditionally attractive to women; for example fashion, beauty, culinary arts, which are all great but within our comfort zone which is keeping us away from tapping into medicine, engineering, coding, agriculture, etc.”
Tuduetso Masire wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our editorial mission is to inform readers, but also to engage them with the awe and beauty of the natural world.”
Cara Santa Maria (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we are here in solidarity, with this beauty of unity, in our pain, we have to pledge to do something.”
Graça Machel (born 1945) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A mother in pain: Graça Machel speaks on the gender based violence and xenophobia gracamacheltrust.org (September 19, 2026)
“Like the history of Black Americans, once we shine a light on the story, we see its great complexity, depth, detail, and beauty.”
Ekua Holmes (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are all mothers,and we have that fire within us,of powerful womenwhose spirits are so angry, we can laugh beauty into life and still make you taste the salty tears of our knowledge.”
Abena Busia (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source