Attitude Adjuster: When you smile at someone, nine times out of 10 the other person will smile back and you’ve made two people’s days brighter and better.
—Unknown
Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.
—Anonymous
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
—Charles Reade (1814–84) English Novelist, Playwright
After you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment”.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
—Indian Proverb
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
A smile shortens the distance between two people.
—Unknown
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. When you cried you had my urge to hold you. When you said you loved me, you had my heart forever.
—Indian Proverb
A friend’s frown is better than a fool’s smile.
—Danish Proverb
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
—Leo Buscaglia (1924–98) American Motivational Speaker
Smiles form the channel of a future tear.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.
—Japanese Proverb
Wear a smile—one size fits all.
—Anonymous
You can say no and smile only when there’s a bigger yes burning inside you
—Unknown
You haven’t lost your smile at all, it’s right under your nose. You just forgot it was there.
—Unknown
A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you.
—Unknown
Don’t go for the looks, it can be quite deceiving. Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away—go for someone who makes you smile because only a smile makes a dark day seem bright. Hope you find that person.
—Indian Proverb
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
—Thomas Gray (1716–71) English Poet, Book Collector
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
—Unknown
That smile you give. God, every time I think I can live without you, you give me that smile. You really shouldn’t do that to me.
—Unknown
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Radical, Inventor
Somewhere there’s someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worth while. So when you are lonely, remember it’s true: Somebody, somewhere is thinking of you.
—Unknown
A smile on the face is a sign that the heart is at home.
—Unknown
Something of a person’s character may be discovered by observing how he smiles.—Some people never smile; they only grin.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
Smiling is my favorite exercise.
—Unknown
Hold a friend’s hand through times of trial, let her find love through a hug and a smile; but also know when it is time to let go-for every one of us must learn to grow.
—Indian Proverb
The robb’d that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
As smile is a curve that can set things straight.
—Anonymous
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Everyone smiles in the same language.
—Unknown
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.
—Japanese Proverb
The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.
—Allen Klein (1931–2009) American Businessperson
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
Looks kill love, and love by looks reviveth; a smile recures the wounding of a frown.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks almost instantly.
—Bits and Pieces
If you don’t start out the day with a smile, it’s not too late to start practicing for tomorrow.
—Unknown
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
Keep smiling—it makes people wonder what you’ve been up to.
—Unknown
Nobody knows it, but you’ve got a secret smile, and you use it only for me.
—Unknown
If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.
—Common Proverb
If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you one of mine.
—Unknown
All are not friends who smile on you.
—Dutch Proverb
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
—Andy Rooney (b.1919) American Writer, Humorist, TV Personality
Start every day with a smile, and get it over with.
—W. C. Fields (1880–1946) American Actor, Comedian, Writer
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
—Unknown
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
—Unknown
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.
—Anonymous