Smiling is my favorite exercise.
—Unknown
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
All are not friends who smile on you.
—Dutch Proverb
Wear a smile—one size fits all.
—Anonymous
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
Let a smile be your umbrella, and you’ll end up with a face full of rain.
—George Carlin (1937–2008) American Stand-up Comedian
People worry, and God smiles.
—Hebrew Proverb
The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.
—Unknown
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
—Indian Proverb
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
—Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) Vietnamese Buddhist Religious Leader, Teacher, Author, Peace Activist
It takes 26 muscles to smile, and 62 muscles to frown.
—Unknown
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
—Andy Rooney (b.1919) American Writer, Humorist, TV Personality
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
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
—Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) Vietnamese Buddhist Religious Leader, Teacher, Author, Peace Activist
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
—Charles Reade (1814–84) English Novelist, Playwright
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
—Unknown
Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile.
—Unknown
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
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
Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose synthetic smile has replaced genuine laughter, and whose sense of dull despair has taken the place of genuine pain. Two statements may be said concerning this individual. One is that he suffers from defects of spontaneity and individuality which may seem to be incurable. At the same time it may be said of him he does not differ essentially from the millions of the rest of us who walk upon this earth.
—Erich Fromm (1900–80) German-American Psychoanalyst, Social Philosopher
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
—Denis Waitley (b.1933) American Motivational Speaker, Author
Smile—sunshine is good for your teeth.
—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
Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.
—Japanese Proverb
If you smile at someone, they might smile back.
—Unknown
Once in each man’s life fortune smiles.
—Latin Proverb
Nobody knows it, but you’ve got a secret smile, and you use it only for me.
—Unknown
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
—Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) Vietnamese Buddhist Religious Leader, Teacher, Author, Peace Activist
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 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
Every day you spend without a smile, is a lost day.
—Anonymous
If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile.
—Unknown
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.
—Og Mandino (1923–96) American Self-Help Author
Smile and others will smile back. Smile to show how transparent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out spontaneously in your smile.
—Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French Sociologist, Philosopher
Children smile on the average 400 times/day; Adults: 15 times/day. Ever wonder why?
—Unknown
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
—Thomas Gray (1716–71) English Poet, Book Collector
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
—Chinese Proverb
A smile can brighten the darkest day.
—Unknown
Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart.
—Anthony J. D’Angelo
Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.
—Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) American Humorist, Art Critic
A friend’s frown is better than a fool’s smile.
—Danish Proverb
Start every day with a smile, and get it over with.
—W. C. Fields (1880–1946) American Actor, Comedian, Writer
Keep smiling—it makes people wonder what you’ve been up to.
—Unknown
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
—Unknown
Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.
—Italian Proverb
A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.
—Unknown
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
—Muriel Spark (1918–2006) Scottish Novelist, Short-story Writer, Poet
Smile—it increases your face value.
—Unknown
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Peace begins with a smile. Only God knows our true needs.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun