Best Smile Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I wake up every day with a smile on my face.”

“Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.”

“I need to learn to smile more.”

“There are certain expectations that are put on you as a child actor, but mainly it's just turn up and say your lines with a lot of energy and a cute smile.”

“We are entertainers. We have to give our audience a good time. If my name serves that purpose, if that brings a smile on your face, then I think it is good and my job has been done.”

“One study found that people who smile in childhood photographs are less likely to get a divorce.”

“I liked Art Linkletter's way of conducting an interview while still keeping it light and I even admired Jack Bailey, host of 'Queen for a Day.' Particularly fascinating was how he could listen to all those awful tales of woe, then smile and slap someone on the back and declare her Queen for a Day.”

“Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.”

“Very few things are totally devoid of any possibility of humor. If you are aware of that possibility and alive to the scene becoming that way, then it just happens naturally. That's what I feel living is like, too. I find a lot of things that make me smile or make me laugh over the course of the day.”

“Goals flow when you play with a smile and don't think too much.”

“I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.”

“I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.”

“I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!”

“Art makes people smile, brings people together.”

“If you're in my shoes, and your goal is to leave people with the biggest possible smile on their face, then doing the meet-and-greet afterwards makes sense.”

“There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.”

“You've probably never seen me smile after winning a decision and you never will because that's not what I am there to do. I'm there to dominate my opponents, make them quit and finish them.”

“My theory is, if you force yourself to smile enough, then you start to feel it. Which comes in handy all the time.”

“Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.”

“Smiles are everywhere, and smiles can spread. You can smile to someone, and they'll smile to another person, and it goes on and on and on.”

“It is easy to make people cry. Everyone has pain in their lives and we all strive hard to keep that smile on our face.”

“When I'm getting a chance to do my job or make somebody's day, and be on stage where I love, and see all the fans having fun, you can't help but smile.”

“I'm the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.”

“My cheeks explode when I smile. That's why I have to look so nonplussed.”

“When I've had to edit my albums, I'll listen to it one time through, and I'll make edits. I want to remember to set up a camera to record myself listening to my set, because I don't even slightly crack a smile, I am just listening for technical details, and I look like somebody that has absolutely no sense of humor. I look insane.”

“Everyone looks so much better when they smile.”

“I used to rely on black-and-white, and while I was working on 'Smile,' I learned to adapt to color on my end.”

“Small things make me smile.”

“Tanzanians are some of the friendliest you'll ever meet, insisting on a welcoming smile and wave as they pass you on the streets, exclaiming 'Jambo!'”

“One of the best family traditions is creative ways mothers and fathers discipline children while in church. My mother was an expert at the 'dig her fingernails into my arm while continuing to smile and sing' trick.”

“I am very bad at taking compliments. Even in school, when people told me that I look good, I could just manage an awkward thank you and a smile.”

“Some people are fighting much, much more important battles and much bigger battles, and if we get the chance to put a smile on their face for ten seconds, it's so worth it.”

“When I am bowling I am a different guy, when I bat I am a different guy, I don't react, I don't smile much, when I bowl I smile, I fight, I show aggression, everything comes naturally.”

“At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.”

“My mother is a southern lady with short dark hair and a wary, blue-eyed smile. She is also an experimental chemist and teaches a college course entitled The Chemistry of Cooking.”

“I live to leave somebody with a positive experience when they've met me, and make someone smile for the day.”

“In New York, I have a photo of my parents on their wedding day in 1947. They're beaming at home plate in Houston's Buffalo Stadium. I love the photo because my dad is smiling. He didn't smile much in his later years.”

“'SMiLE' is perhaps the Beach Boys' most legendary album. It was recorded in 1966 and 1967 but only saw a formal release in 2011. That's a long time to wait for what was said to be Brian Wilson's masterpiece.”

“We only live once and tomorrow is not promised. If I can walk in here and see a beautiful smile on your face, or even a conversation with my teammates in the locker room, that's the best part. That's living. That's life.”

“Finding your soul begins by discovering our ability to listen! Alternatively, by sharing a smile, a laugh and just by being human to everyone - from friends, colleagues, family, and especially strangers, including those who are not from the same station in life as you.”

“I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.”

“Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.”

“If you are coaching kids, the smile on a kid when he does the right thing, when he puts the ball in the net, that's the reward right there.”

“It's always something; it's never going to be something that's pleasing. People will always find something to say, and once you become comfortable with that, you can walk away and smile.”

“I will have my publicist pull pictures of the way I look at events so I can see, 'Oh, that cut is not as flattering as I thought,' or 'I should smile bigger,' or 'That positioning is odd.' I learn from it.”

“I wish to be appreciated not only as a film star but also for the person I am. If I manage to bring a smile on people's faces, then I think I'll be successful.”

“There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.”

“The thing that makes me feel the most confident is definitely my smile. I like that my smile and my facial expressions really show what I'm feeling, and my smile is the best way to show that I'm happy.”

“All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.”

“People ask me why I can still smile on the pitch when we're losing. I tell them that if you lose your smile and stop being happy, you should find yourself a plot in the graveyard.”

“I like being able to look in the mirror and seeing a smile on my face.”

“If tomorrow the good Lord decides that's my last day, then I'm not going to go down with a frown. I'm going down with a smile on my face, knowing that I've gotten everything out of life.”

“In the small amount of modeling work I've done, I'm always told that I never smile.”

“There is no greater feeling in business than building a product which impacts people's lives in a profound way. When we look around at the thousands of people who have attended Summit gatherings, it makes us smile to see the new friendships, business partnerships and philanthropic initiatives that each event produces.”

“Life is a roller-coaster ride and come what may, one should embrace everything with a smile.”

“My clothes and my interiors are about making people smile.”

“When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.”

“I bring people on stage with me. It's a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.”

“I became a victim of my own good work in 'Buniyaad.' It established my credentials as an actor but I became Babuji forever, the benevolent father figure with a perpetual smile, who has a discourse on sanskaar ready.”

“I smile a lot in my real life.”

“It's not all about having the perfect body, perfect hair, perfect smile.”

“What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.”

“I remember my mom sitting at our kitchen table, paying bills with a small smile. She'd sigh and say, 'I'm so blessed to be able to pay these.' She knew it was about what you have.”

“When you live a truthful life, you can smile without anything behind it; uninhibited joy knowing that you are doing your best to be the best person you can be.”

“And I like the look on people's faces when I say I'm doing this movie called Pride and Prejudice and they kind of smile, and then I say I'm in a movie called Doom and they kind of do a double take and try and put the two things together. And they never quite manage to.”

“I love to smile, even through pain.”

“I'm very fortunate that I get to make people smile by creating.”

“We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations.”

“You know, there's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.”

“Clowns are meant to make people smile. That's my goal.”

“When I pick my greens, right, I smile. I smile when I pick the greens, and when I wash the greens, I smile. Then when I cut them up, I smile. And then when I cook them, I smile. They call it joyful greens.”

“If what I have to do is share a sandwich to lift someone's spirits, put a smile on their face - the worst thing that happens is I go broke!”

“I like outgoing girls with a lovely smile and beautiful eyes.”

“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.'”

“It's actually more work for me to not smile than to smile.”

“There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.”

“His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.”

“I still don't love the darkness, though I've learned to smile in it a little bit, now and then.”

“We are all negative people, born negative people, so we concentrate on the good things in life, and that's what makes us smile.”

“I don't have to jump up and smile just because TV wants me to.”

“Selfishly, it feels great for me to do something that might put a smile on someone else's face.”

“I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.”

“When people ask me, 'Why don't you drink?' I usually smile and say 'Because I'm not good at it.'”

“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.”

“When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.”

“A smile is better when you win.”

“Practicing yoga has helped me realize a deeper, grounded way of being in the world. I have learned how to communicate in a meaningful way that makes me smile and have learned the super handy skill of efficiency. Use what you need. Rest what you don't.”

“I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright.”

“As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on the inside, you can still look beautiful without any makeup at all.”

“Whatever comes in my way, I take it with smile.”

“The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.”

“It's been a hard time to celebrate, to come out with a smile. But I'm an American. Naomi asked me to come out to support other Americans, and here I am.”

“I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim.”

“I just like to see people smile.”

“I would try to promote something that I loved, and the entire interview would be about my personal life. I would leave a room feeling defeated, feeling embarrassed, but I would always make sure to put that smile on my face because I wasn't going to let them get to me.”

“I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories.”

“A healthy smile has always been important to me.”

“I'm an open book. I speak to people all the time and generally have a smile on my face. I'm true to who I am, so you can never always smile and be happy.”

“I like to be playful; I want people to look at what I do and smile.”

“While journalists cannot right every wrong, champion every cause or fix every problem, they can - through the written word - lift someone's burden for a day, make some elderly woman on a bus smile or let them know they are noticed by someone.”