SMILING QUOTES III
quotations about smiles and smiling
There are hours in life when a smile pains us more than a thousand tears and reproaches would have done.
EMIL CARLEN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Peace begins with a smile--smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all--do it for peace.
MOTHER TERESA
Love, a Fruit Always in Season: Daily Meditations from the Words of Mother Teresa
A smile is a powerful tool. When someone smiles at you, it immediately says you are welcomed in their space, and that they want to interact with you.
MICHELE PHILLIPS
Happiness is a Habit
The smile of her I love is like the dawn
Whose touch makes Memnon sing:
O see where wide the golden sunlight flows--
The barren desert blossoms as the rose!
R. W. GILDER
The Smile of Her I Love
When he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.
MITCH ALBOM
Tuesdays with Morrie
The coldest days need the warmest smiles.
ENGLISH PROVERB
She had a very agreeable smile; it did not light up her face suddenly, but seemed rather to suffuse it by degrees with charm. It hesitated for a moment about her lips and then slowly travelled to those great shining eyes of hers and there softly lingered.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
"The Promise", Collected Short Stories
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong;
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
But the smile that is worth the praise of earth
Is the smile that comes through tears.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Worth While
He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has.
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
Dry: A Memoir
Powder your face with sunshine, put on a great big smile
Make up your eyes with laughter
Folks will be laughing with you, in a little while
Whistle a tune of gladness, blue never was in style
The future's brighter when hearts are lighter
So smile, smile, smile
DEAN MARTIN
"Powder Your Face With Sunshine"
He smiled like he couldn't help it. She couldn't believe it. He was actually smiling, teeth and all. Had she ever seen him smile before? No, she realized, because right now, it was such a jarring thing to witness that for a moment it felt as though she was sharing the car with a stranger.
KELLY CREAGH
Nevermore
Her smile was a bite, and I was its target.
YEVGENY ZAMYATIN
We
Sometimes when a woman smiles, she means it.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
I feel in every smile a chain.
JOHN WOLCOT
Pindariana
A smile is a convenient reply when a person does not want to say something unpleasant.
ALFREDO ROCES & GRACE ROSES
CultureShock! Philippines: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
A smile that glow'd
Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.
JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost
For smiling, to do good, either to those who smile or to those who look on, must convey kindly feeling. There are those whose smiles are almost terrifying. They can express many kinds of ill feeling, including dislike, resentment, suspicion, cruelty. Then there are smiles that are puzzling, that sometimes create uneasiness. These smiles are often called "enigmatical." The smile on the face of the Mona Lisa is of this kind. It makes some people uncomfortable. And we all know the truth of Shakespeare's saying that a man may smile and smile and be a villain still. And yet we all believe that this kind of smiling is sure to betray itself. In it there can't be anything wholesome, anything that would help to uplift the spirit.
JOHN DANIEL BARRY
"Smiling", Intimations
More than anything, smiling is used to convey social information. Sexual advertisement is one of its main functions. Every flirt starts with a smile, and smiling to someone is one of the simplest and more effective ways of telling someone you find them appealing.
MIHAI ANDREI
"According to scientists, these are the three kinds of smile", ZME Science, July 31, 2017
Why do you smile the smile you do
Happiest girl I ever knew
Wanted to feel the joy
Pass between our eyes
Wanted to feel the joy
Pass between our thighs
And I would have to pinch her
Just to see if she was real
Just to watch the smile fade away
And see the pain she'd feel
DEPECHE MODE
"Happiest Girl"
A smile is worth its face value.
AMERICAN PROVERB