Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you cant fake. Im not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.
— Wale
Grateful Beauty Fades quotations
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Sometimes fear grips me that these fragile moments of life will fade away.
It seems that I write against erasure.
Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.
Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading.

We're living in world, stars and dust Between heaven 'n all that surrounds us We're travellers here, spirits passing through And the love we give, is all that will endure Just like a rose after the rain Something beautiful remains Tears will leave no stains Time will ease the pain For every life that fades Something beautiful remains
Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.
Hardships are quickly forgotten. Intense heat, bitter cold, rain and snow, fatigue,and luckless hunting fade quickly into memories of great fellowship, thoughts of beautiful country, pleasant camps, and happy campfires.

Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.
Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own.
What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.

I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.
I have always stressed to my girls that outer beauty fades but inner beauty lasts forever. Simple things like smiling and looking people in the eye could change someone's bad day into a good one. My mom always said that beauty is as beauty does, and I'm sure it will pass along to all the future generations of our family.
People die . . . so love them every day. Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone. Love changes . . . but not the love you give. And if you love, you'll never be alone.

Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.
Beauty fades. Your spirit is forever.
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly lies to the bone.
Beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its own! Create and cultivate Inner Beauty that never fades away but grows and matures with Time!

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
Beauty is a fading flower,Truth is but a wizard's tower,Where a solemn death-bell tolls,And a forest round it rolls.
Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.

Beauty comes from the inside.
Beauty fades, dumb is forever.
People give flowers as present because flowers contain true meaning of love.
Anyone who tries to posses a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in the field, you'll keep it forever. That is what the forest taught me. That you will never be mine, and that is why i will never lose you.

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age -- as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring.
Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

My mom has always told me that beauty fades but inner beauty is forever.
There's nothing more beautiful than a woman [who] takes care of [herself].
"Beauty fades," my father would tell me, "but dumb? Dumb is forever."
Education always continues. We all know that beauty fades, but what stays is a person's personality, their sense of humor, their wit, what they're interested in. That's what really shines.
We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.
People die... Beauty fades... Love changes... And you will always be alone.