Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Smiles

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Phyllis Diller (b.1917) American Actor, Comedian

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun

Most smiles are started by another smile.
Frank A. Clark

Smiles from reason flow, to brute denied, and are of love the food.
John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
Andy Rooney (b.1919) American Writer, Humorist, TV Personality

A smile shortens the distance between two people.
Unknown

Those happiest smiles that played on her ripe lips seemed not to know what guests were in her eyes, which parted thence as pearls from diamonds dropped.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

Smile—sunshine is good for your teeth.
Unknown

Peace begins with a smile. Only God knows our true needs.
Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun

A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.
Unknown

A smile can brighten the darkest day.
Unknown

What a sight there is in that word “smile!” it changes like a chameleon. There is a vacant smile, a cold smile, a smile of hate, a satiric smile, an affected smile; but, above all, a smile of love.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) Canadian Author, Humorist, Businessperson, Judge

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.
Unknown

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh.
Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters

Smiling is my favorite exercise.
Unknown

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author

A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life’s worthwhile.
Unknown

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) American Novelist

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
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

If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile.
Unknown

If you don’t start out the day with a smile, it’s not too late to start practicing for tomorrow.
Unknown

A face that cannot smile is never good.
Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet

Start every day with a smile, and get it over with.
W. C. Fields (1880–1946) American Actor, Comedian, Writer

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

A smile confuses an approaching frown.
Unknown

If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you one of mine.
Unknown

Wear a smile—one size fits all.
Anonymous

It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body… the heart.
Unknown

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, as shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet

Everyone smiles in the same language.
Unknown

Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.
Anonymous

The robb’d that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Every day you spend without a smile, is a lost day.
Anonymous

Keep smiling—it makes people wonder what you’ve been up to.
Unknown

A disagreeable smile distorts the lines of beauty, and is more repulsive than a frown.
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy—the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) Canadian Author, Humorist, Businessperson, Judge

Smile—it increases your face value.
Unknown

If you smile at someone, they might smile back.
Unknown

It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.
Anonymous

A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you’re at home.
Unknown

Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile.
Unknown

Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.
Walter Anderson

A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape: it embellishes an inferior face, and redeems an ugly one.
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
Charles Reade (1814–84) English Novelist, Playwright

I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.
Unknown

Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin—
When he smiled I realized, I’d passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth,
A single smile, just like mine, could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin, don’t leave it undetected—
Let’s start an epidemic quick and get the world infected!
Anonymous

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet

A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you.
Unknown

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