Hosea Ballou Quotes

There's always going to be somebody that you consider maybe more beautiful. But nine times out of ten here in L.A., that beauty isn't home grown. It's usually manufactured. It sort of encourages me to work more within myself because I think that's not what appeals to me. Plastic and tons of makeup.

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.

Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.

Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.

I would much rather feel comfortable and feel beautiful, than to feel uncomfortable, but look fantastic.

You can feel like, 'I look really bad', but to other people you can be really gorgeous.

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

There's more to life than cheek bones.

Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the most important thing is to show off what's most beautiful about you and to hide what's less beautiful.

I love when a woman doesn't have to put on makeup.

What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again because you can't say it enough: Your skin is beautiful - dark, light, in the middle, whatever. Brown is beautiful. Your hair is beautiful. If you wear a weave, it's beautiful. If you choose to be natural, that's beautiful. Also, you are enough.

I think beauty is not just about what we put on our heads or on our faces or what we wear: it's deeper than that, and if we can celebrate that, celebrate the women, not just the superficiality... I think it would be really gorgeous.

There's bigger things to worry about than makeup.

Being natural is incredibly empowering for women because it's just who you are. You're embracing all the beautiful things about you from your head to your toes. Because when you mask so much of your natural beauty, people don't get to see that.

I don't always look so beautiful.

I want to tell people that there are more ways to be beautiful, there are more ways to be handsome.

To me, being beautiful is just accepting myself. I feel beautiful when I'm wearing makeup; I feel beautiful when I'm not wearing makeup.

I feel it is important not to get overly obsessed and overly carried away with just the physical aspect. There is more to beauty than just the physical appearance. You are also a complete person, and a woman should have an identity beyond just the way she looks.

I may be the first actress to admit that beauty doesn't hold you back. I think beauty is a gift that you have to make the most of. I've worked hard at trying to look my best.

I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.