“The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn up.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“I've a habit of placing a happy-face or a frowny-face on my calendar, depending on what kind of day I've had. Often I slap a droopy circle in the box, discouraged by the things I failed to accomplish and the unpleasant encounters endured. But then, invariably, a wise muse stops to ask me these three questions:
Did your children let you hug them today? Yes.
Did you do a kind deed for someone? Anyone? Yes.
Did God forsake you today? No.
Then, my dear, despite your challenges, it was a good day after all.
Standing corrected, I twist that frowny-face upside down and smile.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“The greatest weapon that one can have is a simple...smile.”
“Her smile was like a Samuel Beckett play - easy to read but difficult to interpret.”
Source: Openly Bob: Candid and Wry Comic Essays on Gay Life in a Straight Society
“To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics:
I can write.
I have the opportunity to do so.
I love what I write.
Now smile and be thankful.”
“If sharks could smile, they'd smile like he was now.”
Source: Hemlock
“The pillars of civilization easily become gallows
when man forgets why they were raised.”
“A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.”
“There's enchantment in a smile, did you know?
Shall I prove in a wink that it is so?
Watch my mouth grin wide and see,
How quick your lips smile back at me!”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“It's easy enough to smile at a man if you want to capture his attention, but once you realize he's not really looking at you, that perhaps he never really saw you, smiling becomes much more difficult”
Source: A Most Scandalous Proposal