Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

smile

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Smile, it's free therapy. 16 thoughts 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 wisdom & wit from Andre Maurois

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

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 sayings from Abraham Cahan

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 more quotes from Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs. 6 quotes from Malcolm De Chazal

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Malcolm De Chazal

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 thoughts from Elinor Wylie

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

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

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile. 7 quotes from Jean Giraudoux

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

Colors are the smiles of nature. 6 other thoughts from Leigh Hunt

Children learn to smile from their parents. 4 quotes from Shinichi Suzuki

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

Beauty is power a smile is its sword. 3 other quotes from John Ray

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

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

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

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. 3 more quotes 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 quotes from Winston Churchill

Luck is not chance, it's toil fortune's expensive smile is earned. 26 more thoughts from Emily Dickinson

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 sayings from Emily Dickinson

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

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

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. 4 wisdom & wit from Christina Rossetti

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

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

A smile is the universal welcome. 7 other thoughts from Max Eastman

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

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. 24 more sayings from W. C. Fields

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. 14 wisdom & wit from William Arthur Ward

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 thoughts from Paramahansa Yogananda

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

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

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

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

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

They gave each other a smile with a future in it. 3 sayings from Ring Lardner

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

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

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

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