Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

smile

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. 3 more sayings from Barry Cornwall

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. 74 sayings from Winston Churchill

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep. 2 quotes from Karl Shapiro

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. 8 other quotes from Oliver Goldsmith

Beauty is power a smile is its sword. 3 more thoughts from John Ray

Wear a smile and have friends wear a scowl and have wrinkles. 52 more quotes from George Eliot

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. 6 sayings from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! 7 other quotes from Samuel Smiles

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. 26 more wisdom & wit from Emily Dickinson

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. 4 other thoughts from Christina Rossetti

The smile of God is victory. 7 thoughts from John Greenleaf Whittier

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. 2 views from Julien Benda

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. 2 quotes from Thomas Gray

Luck is not chance, it's toil fortune's expensive smile is earned. 26 other wisdom & wit from Emily Dickinson

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. 24 wisdom & wit from W. C. Fields

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. 36 other quotes from Lord Byron

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. 14 other quotes from William Arthur Ward

A smile is the universal welcome. 7 more wisdom & wit from Max Eastman

May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country. 3 other quotes from Zebulon Pike

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. 3 quotes from Paramahansa Yogananda

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! 4 views from Samuel Pepys

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. 31 other wisdom & wit from Thomas Paine

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life. 3 more quotes from Jeanne Calment

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. 2 thoughts from Samuel Lover

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. 8 other thoughts from Dr. Seuss

A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range! 5 other sayings from Tom Wilson

They gave each other a smile with a future in it. 3 wisdom & wit from Ring Lardner

A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose. 5 quotes from Tom Wilson

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too. 5 quotes from Jim Valvano

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. 38 sayings from William Hazlitt

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. 18 quotes from Washington Irving

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. 42 quotes from Josh Billings

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up. 5 more views from Billie Holiday

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. 20 quotes from Christopher Lasch

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. 10 views from Hermann Hesse

When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile. 2 thoughts from Charles Frohman

Smile, it's free therapy. 16 other quotes from Douglas Horton

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye. 16 quotes from Douglas Horton

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. 14 quotes from Andre Maurois

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act. 6 quotes from Abraham Cahan

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. 8 quotes from Raymond Chandler

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon. 8 other quotes from Nathaniel Hawthorne

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. 13 quotes from Herman Melville

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. 18 thoughts from Mother Teresa

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile? 26 other quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. 4 more quotes from Guy de Maupassant

Peace begins with a smile. 18 other views from Mother Teresa

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again. 2 other quotes from Bret Harte

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. 18 thoughts from Mother Teresa

Look back, and smile on perils past. 15 quotes from Walter Scott

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs. 6 more wisdom & wit from Malcolm De Chazal

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening. 4 sayings from Greta Garbo

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes. 6 wisdom & wit from Malcolm De Chazal

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. 9 other sayings from J. B. Priestley

If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest. 27 sayings from Kin Hubbard

In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. 2 more wisdom & wit from Elinor Wylie

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face. 6 other views from Malcolm De Chazal

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. 63 quotes from Samuel Johnson

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile. 7 wisdom & wit from Jean Giraudoux

Colors are the smiles of nature. 6 wisdom & wit from Leigh Hunt

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief. 3 thoughts from Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Children learn to smile from their parents. 4 other views from Shinichi Suzuki