Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.

La belleza es la promesa de la felicidad

La beauté n'est que la promesse du bonheur.

Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.

Beauty is a kind of supplement to being, a radiance that is added to being.

A feeling of beauty is a sign that we have come upon a material articulation of certain of our ideas of a good life.

BEAUTY, n. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

Beauty is but the cloak of happiness. Where joy tarries, there also is beauty.

Beauty means perfect to me, but it also has an additional meaning having to do with being pleasurable, rather than painful. Beauty is hard to make. The making is painful, and involves a certain amount of craft, and a relaxation of the part of the brain that says, "Don't write that. X wrote those four notes in 1542 or 1979 or 1825 or whatever period you are worried about being influenced by."

Beauty is the combination of mind, body, soul, the desire to be your best and bring out the best in others

Beauty? What's that?

Beauty isn't what you see on TV or in magazine ads or even necessarily in art galleries. It's a lot deeper and a lot simpler than that. It's realizing the goodness of things, it's leaving the world a little better than it was before you got here. It's appreciating the inspiration of the world around you and trying to inspire others.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.