200 Smile Quotes to Share Happiness and Joy Everywhere

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Bring on the funny and inspirational smile quotes: 200 sayings about smiles, plus a rainbow of 50 smile picture quotes.

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Keep Smiling Quotes

Why smile today? Here are a couple dozen good reasons to keep smiling!

It’s so hard not to smile.
~ Zoe Sugg

Nothing shakes the smiling heart.
~ Santosh Kalwar

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
~ Herman Melville

I just want to make people smile.
~ Julie Garwood

A smile is the universal welcome.
~ Max Eastman

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.
~ Patti LuPone

I wake up each and every day with a smile on my face knowing I get to do something musically.
~ Two Chainz

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I’d see.
~ Dick Cheney

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.
~ Yoko Ono

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A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
~ William Arthur Ward

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.
~ Charles Gordy

I would rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.
~ Tamara Ecclestone

A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.
~ Tom Wilson

Most smiles are started by another smile.
~ Frank A. Clark

I don’t smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot.
~ James Patterson

If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you one of mine.
~ Unknown

Not everyone is going to like what I do, but I look back at everything, and it makes me smile.
~ Victoria Beckham

Smile. It instantly lifts the face, and it just lights up the room.
~ Christie Brinkley

You get somebody to crack a smile, that’s a beautiful thing.
~ Tracy Morgan

Showing fear or anxiety appears weak compared to a relaxed smile and genuine confidence.
~ Travis Bradberry

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.
~ Simon Travaglia

It’s not all fine and dandy, but a smile can go a long way.
~ Jimmy Butler

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
~ W. C. Fields

I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I’ve always been like that; I don’t smile in any pictures.
~ Billie Eilish

The thing that makes me feel the most confident is definitely my smile.
~ Laurie Hernandez

Look back, and smile on perils past.
~ Walter Scott

When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, ‘Thank you.’ Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.
~ Carole King

Short Smile Quotes

These quickie quotes make perfect Instagram captions to go with your smile selfies!

Smiling’s my favorite.
~ Buddy the Elf

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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
~ Phyllis Diller

I enjoy making people laugh and making them smile.
~ La La Anthony

Never regret something that once made you smile.
~ Chinese Proverb

Colors are the smiles of nature.
~ Leigh Hunt

If the world’s a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.
~ Lucy Larcom

I never smile unless I mean it.
~ Donny Osmond

Peace begins with a smile.
~ Mother Teresa

I have a great smile.
~ Draymond Green

Once every lunar eclipse, you should be able to see me smile!
~ Sophie Turner

Nothing beats a great smile.
~ Karl Urban

Even a smile is a good deed.
~ Shari Arison

I love to smile, even through pain.
~ Victoria Arlen

It’s actually more work for me to not smile than to smile.
~ Victoria Arlen

I like my smile.
~ Ileana D’Cruz

Whatever comes in my way, I take it with smile.
~ Kubra Sait

Someone told me the smile on my face gets bigger when I play the guitar.
~ Niall Horan

I want people to smile when they hear my name.
~ Lil B

I just like to see people smile.
~ Kane Brown

Show me a smile, and I’ll show you one back.
~ Vanilla Ice

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Funny Smile Quotes

If “serious” smile quotes don’t get grins, you’d better pull out the funny ones!

Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth!
~ Unknown

Smile! it increases your face value.
~ Robert Harling

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
~ John Philpot Curran

Every smile makes you a day younger.
~ Chinese Proverb

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
~ Jimmy Buffett

A smile is a facelift that’s in everyone’s price range!
~ Tom Wilson

Smile, it’s better than a poke in the eye.
~ Douglas Horton

Smiling is my favorite exercise.
~ Unknown

It’s hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling.
~ Chuck Liddell

The Irish want to smile, and they want to have fun.
~ Shaggy

Everyone should smile. Life really isn’t that serious.
~ Unknown

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.
~ Shah Rukh Khan

A body smiles, like, 72 times a day. Where does that smile go? That’s what I want to know.
~ Goldie Hawn

Wear a smile – one size fits all.
~ Unknown

My smile has been my ticket to the world. Smiling releases the same feel-good hormones you get jogging.
~ Christie Brinkley

In the small amount of modeling work I’ve done, I’m always told that I never smile.
~ Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that’s OK, who wants to be normal anyway?
~ Tim Duncan

A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.
~ Christie Brinkley

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It’s alright. You can’t take my smile. And you won’t.
~ Tony Ferguson

I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.
~ Adam Grant

There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
~ Billie Holiday

The purpose of Disneyland is to make people smile.
~ Kevin Plank

Nintendo’s mission is to try to make people happy, to try to make people smile.
~ Satoru Iwata

My mom is the most positive person. She has always had a smile on her face no matter what came her way. After seeing that, I’m not going to let a little cellulite get in the way of my happiness!
~ Ashley Graham

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.
~ Kenneth Branagh

I’m a workhorse. I’ll take anything and everything I can get, and I’ll do it with a smile on my face.
~ Roman Reigns

If I am not mistaken, it was a British poet who said that ‘no one is properly dressed unless he wears a smile.’
~ Sukarno

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Inspirational Smile Quotes

The simple act of smiling can inspire you – and others!

See how with these inspiring sayings about smiling.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.
~ Christie Brinkley

I wake up every day with a smile on my face.
~ Henry Ian Cusick

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

When you have to work, work with a smile.
~ Kapil Dev

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

I just think a big smile and feeling confident makes you beautiful.
~ Maye Musk

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.
~ Goldie Hawn

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
~ Ed Sheeran

A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
~ Victor Borge

Be the reason someone smiles today.
~ Roy T. Bennett

I love kids a lot. I love to spend time with them. They give me the energy to live, and I would love to bring a smile on their faces.
~ Amruta Khanvilkar

Selfishly, it feels great for me to do something that might put a smile on someone else’s face.
~ Sami Zayn

It is a great day anytime I can bring a smile to a girl or boy, knowing that I am helping to inspire them to always dream big.
~ Normani Kordei

I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back.
~ Heidi Klum

Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it’s donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.
~ Becky G

I’ve learned to lose with a smile on my face. That’s what the Oscar teaches you.
~ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

In every country I’ve gone to, if you smile at people, they are going to be happy. This is my attitude.
~ Son Heung-min

Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.
~ Gracie Gold

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.
~ Steve Maraboli

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion… some places where there’s just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.
~ Lionel Richie

A laugh is a smile that bursts.
~ Mary H. Waldrip

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.
~ Unknown

I get really frustrated if people don’t smile.
~ Sophie Ellis-Bextor

There’s always a reason to smile.
~ Unknown

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
~ William R. Alger

I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, ‘I’m not even a 10th of this man.’
~ Ron White

All people smile in the same language.
~ Unknown

If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
~ Maria Sharapova

Everyone looks so much better when they smile.
~ Jimmy Fallon

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don’t deserve you.
~ Christine Lagarde

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I’ve always looked at life that way; I’ve always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I’ve gone through.
~ Gloria Estefan

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Smile Quotes for Her

I know what girls want – they want to smile!

Get a grin and a “like” with these quotes for, from, and about women.

A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.
~ Marilyn Monroe

Your smile is the prettiest thing you’ll ever wear.
~ Unknown

To meet my little girl for the first time was a humbling experience. She’s got my eyes and a smile that just melts my heart.
~ Pete Doherty

Smile from your heart; nothing is more beautiful than a woman who is happy to be herself.
~ Kubra Sait

When I put makeup on, I walk taller. I smile more. I feel good.
~ Maye Musk

I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that’s all I want. I want to make others happy.
~ Doris Day

Girls are almost always socialized to be perfect: ‘Smile, do well in school, don’t take too many risks.’
~ Kimberly Bryant

Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
~ Rabindranath Tagore

Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I’m definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
~ Taylor Lautner

You know, I’ve got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what’s wrong with that? I love to smile.
~ Jennifer Aniston

What do I like in a girl? I like a girl that likes me, a girl that knows how to smile and see the bright side of things. A girl that makes me a better person.
~ James Lafferty

If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
~ Kin Hubbard

You must be happy in every moment – it might touch other people’s hearts and make them smile.
~ Huma Qureshi

I’m really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I’m really sexy.
~ Serena Williams

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

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Smile Quotes for Love

Now get inspired by this group of quotes that show smiling is the easiest way to share love.

Never a lip is curved with pain that can’t be kissed into smiles again.
~ Bret Harte

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.
~ Charles de Lint

Love yourself for who you are, and trust me, if you are happy from within, you are the most beautiful person, and your smile is your best asset.
~ Ileana D’Cruz

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
~ Maya Angelou

Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It’s awesome to be able to share that with somebody.
~ Brantley Gilbert

I love kids – they’re so carefree and always put a smile on my face.
~ Jordan Burroughs

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.
~ Christina Rossetti

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.
~ Dr. Seuss

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

There’s nothing like seeing the smile on my kids’ faces. Laughing together. Playing. It’s the best.
~ Mark Wahlberg

There’s no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody’s face just by walking into a room. It’s unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
~ J. J. Watt

Smile at strangers and you just might change a life.
~ Steve Maraboli

A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it’s the greatest feeling in the world.
~ Mandy Moore

The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
~ Bryant H. McGill

You are somebody’s reason to smile.
~ Unknown

A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.
~ Tom Wilson

Smile. Your eyes sparkle when you do.
~ Unknown

My children and my husband make me smile. My work makes me smile.
~ Victoria Beckham

A child’s smile is worth more than all the money in the world.
~ Lionel Messi

When I look out at the people and they look at me and they’re smiling, then I know that I’m loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.
~ Etta James

Smile! Happiness looks gorgeous on you!
~ Unknown

By the way, I’m wearing the smile you gave me.
~ Unknown

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
~ John Ray

Probably the best thing for me to hear from my family is telling me that they are proud. To be able to see them smile is a great thing.
~ Trent Alexander-Arnold

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Smile Quotes About Life

Smiling reflects your life, but it also can change your life! Check it out below.

When you see someone at 6 in the morning with a smile on their face, you know they’re having fun.
~ Justin Hartley

I’m a normal person, and I like living this way – and always with a smile in my face.
~ Gabriel Jesus

I don’t leave a room unless I leave a smile. I want to leave them laughing.
~ Jenifer Lewis

Smile, it’s free therapy.
~ Douglas Horton

When people smile in your direction when you do something, you tend to continue to do it.
~ Gavin Creel

We are all negative people, born negative people, so we concentrate on the good things in life, and that’s what makes us smile.
~ Sonny Sandoval

Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
~ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.
~ Timbaland

For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!
~ Summer Sanders

It’s not me standing on the podium with medals. It’s me being able to walk out with a smile on my face and truly being happy with myself.
~ Katelyn Ohashi

There’s nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
~ Willie Stargell

It took a long time for me to put a smile on my face over the course of my lifetime, and my experience of what I’ve been through on and off the field.
~ Deshaun Watson

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.
~ Diane Lane

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

Don’t disrespect me, lie about it, and then come smile in my face and act like nothing’s wrong.
~ Scottie Pippen

I’ve always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don’t write about it.
~ Robert Smith

You don’t have to be happy to smile.
~ Daniel Willey

People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw.
~ George Takei

People wonder why am I smiling. Because I’m happy that I’m alive.
~ George Foreman

It hurts when you have to smile and you don’t want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.
~ Mary J. Blige

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Most babies know how to win us over. We cannot help but smile at them and watch them smile back.
~ Madeleine M. Kunin

Later in my life, I’m going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don’t give it my all right now I’ll regret it later. That’s very important to me, because I’ve worked all my life to have this.
~ Shania Twain

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

I like people with their own opinions, and I like people who argue with me. It’s very exhausting to be in a room full of people who just nod and smile.
~ Shonda Rhimes

In real life, I’m a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.
~ Billie Eilish

You’ve got to S-M-I-L-E to be H-A-P-P-Y
~ Shirley Temple Black

Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.
~ Connie Stevens

A smile confuses an approaching frown.
~ Unknown

Mothers of all ages delight in their children, but I don’t know that, if I were younger, I would feel as acutely, profoundly, preciously grateful for every smile, squeal, and – yes – diaper blowout.
~ Faith Salie

I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.
~ Unknown

Stay strong, make them wonder how you’re still smiling.
~ Unknown

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
~ George Eliot

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
~ Denis Waitley

Just because a situation is grim doesn’t mean you don’t have every right to smile.
~ Rashida Jones

Always keep your smile. That’s how I explain my long life.
~ Jeanne Calment

Children learn to smile from their parents.
~ Shinichi Suzuki

For more wise words on life, check out these Einstein quotes.

Smile Quotes for Him

It’s the guys’ turn! Smile quotes for, from and about men.

When men have a smile on their faces, that does a lot for me.
~ Michelle Yeoh

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
~ Muriel Spark

I never get tired of smiling. I’m just the kind of guy who likes to smile.
~ Jason Ritter

I’m one of those guys that – as far as relationships and stuff go – if you smile at me, I’m like, ‘Let’s date for three years’ – which is just ridiculous.
~ Norman Reedus

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

In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating – a warm smile, for example – and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.
~ Helen Fisher

I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn’t bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I’ve ended up with an educated thug.
~ Sade Adu