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.

“I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back.”

Heidi Klum

More Smile Quotes

“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.”

William Hazlitt

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

Laura Linney

“I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.”

Amber Heard

“They might not need me but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.”

Emily Dickinson

“Look back, and smile on perils past.”

Walter Scott

“People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like.”

Lauryn Hill

“Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.”

Harold Pinter

“Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.”

Thomas Fuller

“I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy.”

Serena Williams

“When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.”

Louis C. K.

“It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center.”

Ellen Barkin

“He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.”

Emo Philips

“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

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