Smile Quotes

A smile costs nothing and changes everything — or so the saying goes. These quotes explore the power of a simple expression to lift moods, build connections, and make the world slightly less serious than it insists on being.

“Most smiles are started by another smile.”

Frank A. Clark

More Smile Quotes

“Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.”

Henning Mankell

“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.”

William Ellery Channing

“Laughter is day, and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.”

Henry Ward Beecher

“If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.”

Red Skelton

“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”

Dr. Seuss

“I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a crooked smile and my nose looks like a ski slope. No, I would not win a Miss contest.”

Jane Seymour

“You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.”

Laura Linney

“Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.”

Victor Hugo

“I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.”

Serena Williams

“The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.”

Oliver Goldsmith

“When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.”

Michael Bloomberg

“If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.”

Reed Hastings

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