287 Quotes About Smiling

It is beyond time to break away from punitive prohibitionist approaches that exacerbate the problem.

I think this is one bad side of a mirror; it helps us to see the reflection of the effects of our own actions on ourselves. We smile and it smiles back to us, we frown and it frowns to us. How I wish it shows us the reflections of the effects of our actions on other people as well so that we will be conscious!

Even suicidal people can smile.

When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself.

- M’sieur Ibrahim, quand je dis que c’est un truc de gens riches, le sourire, je veux dire que c’est un truc pour les gens heureux.- Eh bien, c’est là que tu te trompes. C’est sourire, qui rend heureux.[- M. Ibrahim, when I say a smile is a rich people thing, I mean it's a happy people thing.- Well, that's where you're wrong. Smiling is what makes you happy.]

Pets reflect you like mirrors. When you are happy, you can see your dog smiling and when you are sad, your cat cries.

Genuine happiness is not nearly as common as a fake smile.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

Smiles are antidotes to depression.