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Smiling Quotes

Words on the many meanings behind a smile.

These smiling quotes range from the playful ease of shaking hands and having fun to the quieter truth that a smile can mask real difficulty underneath. Pair it with our Fun quotes.

A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.

Quotes by Yoshihiko Noda

I am a smiling depressive.

Quotes by Trisha Goddard

It's all about having fun and smiling and shaking hands.

Quotes by Tone Loc

Golf balls are sweet: dimpled and sometimes even smiling.

Quotes by Steve Rushin

Always Quotes

Off the pitch, I'm a little bit reserved, but I'm always smiling.

Quotes by Sebastian Giovinco

The city of angels? It's the city of devils. The city of smiling cobras.

Quotes by Sean Young

I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing.

Quotes by Sarah McLachlan

When I'm happy and smiling, I play my best.

Quotes by Samir Nasri

I'm always pretty much smiling.

Quotes by Sage Northcutt

Back Quotes

With 'Attachments,' my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader to be smiling throughout.

Quotes by Rainbow Rowell

I reason that as long as I'm smiling 90 percent of the time, I can handle the setbacks that occur 10 percent of the time.

Quotes by Payal Kadakia

If I had to come back in life, I'd come back as a dolphin... they're always smiling; they're always playing.

Quotes by Nathan Phillips

I'm always smiling.

Quotes by Naomi Osaka

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

Quotes by Macklemore

Easy Quotes

Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there are other sorts of trains, and other sorts of novels. They rush by in the...

Quotes by Jane Smiley

Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

Quotes by Jane Birkin

Choosing kindness is just as easy as smiling.

Quotes by Jacob Tremblay

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.

Quotes by Ian McDiarmid

Imagine the anticlimax of opening a novel you'd just got Dostoyevsky to sign and finding 'Keep smiling - Fyodor.'

Quotes by Howard Jacobson

Fun Quotes

It wasn't the smiling Trump that people elected. It was the frowning, glowering, angry Donald Trump that people elected.

Quotes by H. W. Brands

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these smiling quotes focus on?
Everyday warmth mostly — nurturing family life, shaking hands and having fun, and even an imagined animal life spent smiling and playing.
Do any quotes show a more complicated side to smiling?
Yes, one is unusually candid, describing the speaker as a 'smiling depressive,' which hints that a smile doesn't always reflect how someone truly feels inside.
Is smiling connected to any particular setting here?
One quote ties it to raising a family, describing a society that puts children first as one that fosters smiling faces all around.
Why is a dolphin mentioned in this topic?
One quote imagines coming back in another life as a dolphin specifically because they always seem to be smiling and playing, using the animal as a symbol of carefree joy.
How does this topic relate to Fun quotes?
Smiling and enjoyment often go together in this set, so pairing it with our Fun quotes gives a fuller picture of lighthearted themes.

From nurturing a household to imagining a freer life, this set treats smiling as more than a simple expression. See also our Always or Easy quotes for related tones.