60 Smile Quotes To Turn That Frown Upside Down

Looking for the best way to inspire happiness in yourself or others? A smile quote should do the trick. Whether you're trying to turn your own day around or are seeking a pick-me-up for a friend, let this collection of smile quotes put a little pep in your step. Smiling has the power to make everyone feel a little better, so start with yourself. Spoiler alert: They also work great as captions for the selfie you just took.

Short Smile Quotes

• "I love those who can smile in trouble." — Leonardo da Vinci
• “If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.” ― Andy Rooney
• "A laugh is a smile out of control." — Wyatt B. Pringle Jr
• "You shouldn’t never regret something that made you smile." — Bei Maejor
• “I just want to make people smile.” — Julie Garwood
• “Look back, and smile on perils past.” – Walter Scott
• "Remember to smile." — Nelson Mandela
• “You don’t have to be happy to smile.” — Daniel Wille
• “Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.” – John Ray
• "Just for today, smile a little more." — James A. Murphy
• "Peace begins with a smile." — Mother Teresa
• "Nothing shakes the smiling heart.” — Santosh Kalwar
• "If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” ​— Maya Angelou
• "A smile cures the wounding of a frown." — William Shakespeare
• "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." — E. E. Cummings

Funny Smile Quotes

• "Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available." — Jim Begg
• "Always keep your smile. That’s how I explain my long life." — Jeanne Calment
• “Smile, it’s free therapy.” — Douglas Horton
• “The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.” — Robert Bloch
• "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.” — W.C. Fields
• "You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth." — ​Chuck Palahniuk
• “Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.” — Peace Pilgrim
  
• “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite” — Buddy The Elf, Elf
• “Smile. it’s the second-best thing you can do with your lips.” — Jill Shalvis
• “If you’re not using your smile, you’re like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.” — Les Giblin
• "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” — Phyllis Diller
  
• “People with dimples have a divine role in this universe: smile!”― Toba Beta
• "Be happy. It really annoys negative people." ― Ricky Gervais
• "Don’t take life too seriously! Nobody gets out alive anyway. Smile. Be goofy. Take chances. Have fun. Inspire." — Dawn Gluskin
• "If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers." — Maya Angelou
• "Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." — Kurt Vonnegut
• "A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks." — Charles Gordy
• "You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants." ― Stephen King

Inspirational Smile Quotes

• "Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." — John Lennon
• “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
• "Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision." — Alysha Speer
• "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
• "Live life to the fullest. You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece. Laugh some every day. Keep growing, keep dreaming, keep following your heart. The important thing is not to stop questioning." — Albert Einstein
• "There is fear when frowning. There is love when smiling." — Maxime Lagacé
• “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
• "Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches." — Richelle E. Goodrich
• "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." — Mother Teresa
• “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
• “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
• “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” ― Og Mandino

Smile Quotes From Songs

• "Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile." — Nat King Cole, Smile
• "Just to see you smile, I'd do anything that you wanted me to. And all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile." — Tim McGraw, Just To See You Smile
• "Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you." — James Taylor, Your Smiling Face
• "You know I can't smile without you." — Barry Manilow, Can’t Smile Without You
• "Don't know how I lived without you 'cause every time that I get around you, I see the best of me inside your eyes. You make me smile." — Uncle Kracker, Smile

Smile Quotes From Books

• “Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
• “It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.” 
  ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
• “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, Quote Me Everyday
• “My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.” ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder
• “I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.” ― Jenny Valentine, Broken Soup
• “People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.” ― Judith Guest, Ordinary People
• “Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.” ― Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom
• “A song and a smile from someone I cared about could be enough to distract me from all that darkness, if only for a little while.” ― Ransom Riggs, Hollow City
• “Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST.” ― Lauren Graham, Someday, Someday, Maybe
• “People aren't just ants rushing around over a crust of bread. Every life, no matter how isolated, touches hundreds of others. It's up to us to decide if those micro connections are positive or negative. But whichever we decide, it does impact the ones we deal with. One word can give someone the strength they needed at that moment or it can shred them down to nothing. A single smile can turn a bad moment good. And one wrong outburst or word could be the tiny push that causes someone to slip over the edge into destruction.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Infamous