Say 'Cheese!' 150 Uplifting Smile Quotes That'll Get You Grinning From Ear to Ear
Have a beautiful day with these quotes about smiling.
A smile is your best accessory, which is why reading happy smile quotes—from inspiring quotes about smiling to uplifting ones that'll make you grin—are always a good idea.
These cute smile quotes and "you make me smile" quotes are guaranteed to put you in a positive state of mind—from sweet sayings and how they brighten your day to funny jokes that'll lift your spirits.
So whether you're looking for an uplifting quote about smiles to hang on your fridge for you and your family to see on the daily or you're feeling a bit down and want a positive quote to boost your mood, this big list of the 150 best smile quotes is sure to get you grinning in no time.
150 Smile Quotes
1. “Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” ?– Thich Nhat Hanh
2. "Peace begins with a smile." — Mother Teresa
3. "Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth." — Unknown
4. "There is fear when frowning. There is love when smiling." —Maxime Lagacé
5. “Nothing shakes the smiling heart.” – Santosh Kalwar
6. “Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.”– Christie Brinkley
7. "The world always looks brighter from behind a smile." — Unknown
8. “Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.”– Rashida Jones
9. “Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind’s tearing tension.” – Sri Chinmoy
10. "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." — Mother Teresa
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11. “Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.” – Connie Stevens
12. "I love those who can smile in trouble."- Leonardo da Vinci
13. “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” – William Arthur Ward
14. "Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available." — Jim Beggs
15. ¨Smile at strangers and you just might change a life.¨- Steve Maraboli
16. "Just for today, smile a little more." — James A. Murphy
17. "Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches." — Richelle E. Goodrich
18.¨Use your smile to change the world but don’t let the world change your smile.¨ — Unknown
19. “People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.” ?– Lee Mildon
20. "If you see someone without a smile give them one of yours." — Unknown
21. "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." — Leo F. Buscaglia
22. "Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability." — Joe Brown
23. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss
24. “A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.”?– Herman Melville
25. ¨Smile is the beauty of the soul.¨- Lailah Gifty Akita
26. “A smile is the universal welcome.” – Max Eastman
27. “It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.” ?– Muriel Spark
28.¨If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.¨- Andy Rooney
29. “A smiling face is a beautiful face. A smiling heart is a happy heart.”– Dr. T.P.Chia
30. ¨A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.¨- Phyllis Diller
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31. “Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” ?– George Eliot
32. “Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.” ?– Walter Anderson
33. "A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks." — Charles Gordy
34. “If you’re not using your smile, you’re like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.” ?– Les Giblin
35. ¨Science teaches to think but love teaches to smile.¨- Santosh Kalwar
36. "People who keep stiff upper lips find that it’s damn hard to smile." — Judith Guest
37. “A smile is a facelift that’s in everyone’s price range!” ?– Tom Wilson
38. “A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.” – Masashi Kishimoto
39. ¨If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace.¨- Thich Nhat Hanh
40. “Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.”– Carlos Santana
41. “Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.” – Peace Pilgrim
42. “You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth.” ?– Chuck Palahniuk
43. “Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” ?– Richard M. Devos
44. “The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.” – Bryant H. McGill
45. "Keep walking and keep smiling." — Tiny Tim
46. ¨The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.¨- Thich Nhat Hanh
47. “The people who make you smile from just seeing them, those are my favorite people.” – Koi Fresco
48. “Always wear a smile sometime during the day, it makes you feel happier and younger.” ?– Kylie Bax
49. "People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile." — Milton A. Lee
50. ¨A simple smile. That’s the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.¨- Dalai Lama
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51. “Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.” ?– W.C. Fields
52. “I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.” ― Santosh Kalwar
53. "You don’t have to be happy to smile." — Daniel Willey
54. “It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.” ― Steve Maraboli
55. ¨Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.¨- Christina Rossetti
56. "Silence and smiles are two powerful tools."— Unknown
57. “Smile from your heart; nothing is more beautiful than a woman (person) who is happy to be herself.”– Kubra Sait
58. “All the statistics in the world can’t measure the warmth of a smile.” – Chris Hart
59. ¨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
60. "When you smile at a stranger, there is already a minute outflow of energy. You become a giver." — Eckhart Tolle
61. "The smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears." — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
62. "One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger." — Unknown
63. "Of all the medicines in the inner life, a smile is by far the best medicine." - Sri Chinmoy
64. “A smile is a friend maker.” – Bangambiki Habyarimana
65. "Colors are the smiles of nature." — Leigh Hunt
66. “Smile. it’s the second best thing you can do with your lips." — Jill Shalvis
67. “If you’re reading this… Congratulations, you’re alive. If that’s not something to smile about, then I don’t know what is.” – Chad Sugg
68.¨If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.¨- Santosh Kalwar
69. “Smile at the obstacle, for it is a bridge.” ?– Medusa
70. “Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
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71. “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
72. ¨If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.¨ Thich Nhat Hanh
73. “Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.” – Les Brown
74. "Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot." — Vera Nazarian
75. "If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give." — Samson Raphael Hirsch
76. "The teeth are smiling, but is the heart?" — African proverb
77. “The living should smile, for the dead cannot.” – George R.R. Martin
78. ¨How can you feel bad and smile simultaneously?¨- Maxime Lagacé
79. "If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy." — Unknown
80. "When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. When you stay on the high road and keep your joy, you take away their power."— Joel Osteen
81. ¨There is little success where there is little laughter.¨- Andrew Carnegie
82. “You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.” ― Charlie Chaplin
83. "Smiling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy. Sometimes it just means you’re strong." — Unknown
84. ¨Smile is the vainest thing you can wear without costing you anything.¨- Unknown
85. "More can be taught with a single smile than with a whole year worth of lessons." — Anthony T. Hincks
86. “Smile! It increases your face value.” – Robert Harling
87. "Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile." — Christian Nestell Bovee
88. ¨She wrote love with her smile and magic with her eyes.¨- Giovannie de Sadeleer
89. “I wake up every day with a smile on my face.” – Henry Ian Cusick
90. “A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” – Tom Wilson
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91. “Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.” – John Ray
92. ¨Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.¨- Yoko Ono
93. “Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
94. “Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force!” ?– Suzanne Brockmann
95. "You’ve probably noticed how when someone says hello or smiles at you, your automatic reaction is to say hello or smile back."— Shawn Achor
96. "There is always a reason to smile. Find it." — Unknown
97. “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” ?– Maya Angelou
98. “Smiling makes people feel good and positive, conveying a sense of good-will, rapport and trust.” – Dr. T.P.Chia
99. "You shouldn’t never regret something that made you smile." — Bei Maejor
100. “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” – Og Mandino
101. “Always remember to be happy because you never know who’s falling in love with your smile.”- Unknown
102. “I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes” ― Jeremy Aldana
103. ¨Remember to smile.¨- Nelson Mandela
104. “Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
105. “A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.” – Marilyn Monroe
106. ¨A smile cures the wounding of a frown.¨- William Shakespeare
107. “Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears.” – Demi Lovato
108. “I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I’m so grateful.” – Robert Knepper
109. “Smile, it’s free therapy.” – Douglas Horton
110. “Never regret anything that made you smile.” – Mark Twain
111. "The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles." — Ogwo David Emenike
112. "Everyone should smile. Life really isn’t that serious." — Unknown
113. “Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.”– Kenneth Branagh
114.“Smiling is my favorite exercise.”- Unknown
115. "Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved." — Roy T. Bennett
116. “One of the most rewarding things in life is to always put a smile on your face.”– Dr. T.P.Chia
117. ¨I have many problems in life. But my lips don’t know that. They always smile.¨- Charlie Chaplin
118. "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." — Hermann Hesse
119. "Always keep your smile. That’s how I explain my long life." — Jeanne Calment
120. “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” – Mark Twain
121. "I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile." — Charles de Lint
122. “You’ve got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-P-P-Y” – Shirley Temple Black
123. "When we learn to smile at life, we shall find that the problems we encounter dissolve." — Donald Curtis
124. “Look back, and smile on perils past.” – Walter Scott
125. "What’s the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile." — George Henry Powell
126.¨Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.¨- Michael Jackson
127. “Use your smile to change the world; don’t let the world change your smile.”– Chinese Proverb
128.“Show me a smile, and I’ll show you one back.” – Vanilla Ice
129. “Her smile, I’m sure, burnt Rome to the ground.” ― Mark Z. Danielewski
130. ¨It seems to me that what we call beauty in a face lies in the smile.¨- Leo Tolstoy
131. “People with dimples have a divine role in this universe: smile!”― Toba Beta
132. “It’s hard not to feel happy when you make someone smile.” ― Roy T. Bennett
133.“Smile. It instantly lifts the face, and it just lights up the room.” – Christie Brinkley
134.¨Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.¨- John Lennon
135. "A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear." — Unknown
136. “Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST.” ― Lauren Graham
137. “You don’t have to be happy to smile.” – Daniel Willey
138. ¨Every smile makes you a day younger.¨- Chinese proverb
139. “A smile doesn’t always stand for a perfect life.” ― Faraaz Kazi
140. “I just want to make people smile.” – Julie Garwood
141. “That smile could move mountains. It could also break hearts.” ― Kylie Scott
142. ¨A laugh is a smile out of control.¨ — Wyatt B. Pringle Jr
143. "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." — E. E. cummings
144. “An enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.” ― Connie Brockway
145. “Teeth aren’t pearly, until you smile.” ― Anthony Liccione
146. "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." — Unknown
147. “When you have to work, work with a smile.” – Kapil Dev
148. “It’s important to maintain an attractive smile as you age. A lighter, less beige, more white tooth color is key, but no Chiclets.” – Evelyn Lauder
149. ¨Everyone smiles in the same language.¨- George Carlin
150. “My children and my husband make me smile. My work makes me smile.” – Victoria Beckham
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