Seek "The Unfading Beauty Of A Gentle And Quiet Spirit."

True beauty is not of the face--but of the soul!
(Mabel Hale, "Beautiful Girlhood" 1922)

"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain; 
but a woman who fears the LORD 
shall be praised!" Proverbs 31:30 

Every girl is a lover of beauty. 
Beautiful homes, beautiful 
furnishings, beautiful flowers, 
beautiful clothes, beautiful faces--
anything wherein beauty is found, 
there will be found girls to admire it. 

From the time her little hands can reach 
up, and her baby lips can lisp the words, 
she is admiring "pretty things." And 
when a little of that beauty is her own--
her pleasure is unbounded.

Every girl longs to be beautiful. 
There is in woman a nature, as deep 
as humanity, which compels her to 
strive for good looks. There is no 
more forlorn sorrow for a young girl, 
than for her to be convinced that she 
is hopelessly ugly and undesirable. 

Oh, the bitter tears that have been shed 
over freckles, or a rough and pimply skin--
and the energy that has been expended 
in painting and powdering and waving 
and curling herself into beauty!

A desire to be beautiful is not unwomanly. 
But, mark it: true beauty is not of the face--
but of the soul!

There is a beauty so deep and lasting, 
that it will shine out of the homeliest 
face and make it lovely! 

This is the beauty to be first 
sought and admired. It is a 
quality of the mind and heart--
and is manifested in word and deed. 

A happy heart, 
a smiling face, 
loving words and deeds, and 
a desire to be of service--
will make any girl beautiful!

A beautiful soul shining out of a homely face--
is far more attractive than a beautiful face out 
of which looks a soul full of selfishness and pride!

Let your chief charm be of heart and mind--
not of face and form. Seek the true beauty 
which lasts even into old age!

Solomon, in one of his wise sayings, 
expressed plainly the evil that comes 
to a woman who is beautiful of face, 
but lacks the true beauty of soul: 

"Like a gold ring in a swine's snout--
is a beautiful woman who shows no 
discretion!" Proverbs 11:22. 

As the swine would plunge the golden 
jewel into the filth and the mire as 
he dug in the dirt--
so will a pretty woman who is not godly, 
drag her beauty down to the very lowest. 

There are many peculiar temptations 
to those who are only lovely of face. 
Without true beauty of soul--
a pretty face is a dangerous gift!

"Your beauty should not come from outward 
adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing 
of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should 
be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty 
of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great 
worth in GOD'S sight!" 1 Peter 3:3-4