SMILING QUOTES II
quotations about smiles and smiling
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
JOSEPH ADDISON
attributed, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing
If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy.
SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA
The Yoga Sutras
Have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.
BRAD THOR
The Apostle
Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
ALEXANDER POPE
Prologue to Satires
Even though at times it may not be easy to smile, intentionally smiling can retrain your brain to think more positively and eventually make your smile feel more natural and meaningful the more you practice.
LOGAN ROCHE
"What's in a smile? The good things in life", The Garden Island, August 8, 2017
Smiles never go up in price or down in value.
VENKATA RAMANA
The Book of Uncommon Quips and Quotations
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
CHINESE PROVERB
And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.
SUZANNE COLLINS
The Hunger Games
Sometimes when you smile, it's not because you're happy. It's because you're strong.
PAMELA ANDERSON
speech at official launch of the Pamela Anderson Foundation, May 16, 2014
Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST.
LAUREN GRAHAM
Someday, Someday, Maybe
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
PHYLLIS DILLER
attributed, Laffirmations
Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens are.
HARTLEY COLERIDGE
She Is Not Fair
A smile is a blanket that covers the face to keep it warm.
GREGORY WILSON
I Shall Sing and Dance in the Rain
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet
You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
AL CAPONE
attributed, 101 People You Won't Meet in Heaven
One smile has the power to ...
Calm fears.
Soften stone walls.
Warm a cold heart.
Invite a new friend.
Mimic a loving hug.
Beautify the bearer.
Lighten heavy loads.
Promote good deeds.
Brighten a gloomy day.
Comfort a grieving spirit.
Offer hope to the forlorn.
Send a message of caring.
Lift the downtrodden soul.
Patch up invisible wounds.
Weaken the hold of misery.
Act as medicine for suffering.
Attract the companionship of angels.
Fulfill the human need for recognition.
Who knew changing the world would prove so simple?
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH
Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
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... Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
JEAN BAUDRILLARD
America
A person who is two-faced usually wears the one with a smile.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Smile for me
Let me know that I will always be
The one and only one you'll always need
Baby, smile for me
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
"Smile For Me"
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
ANDY ROONEY
"A Few Words from Andy Rooney: A Face of America Commentary"