Smiles & Laughter

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
--W.H. Auden

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
--Victor Borge

To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
--Oscar Wilde

(Asked by a gentleman friend why women seemed not to have a sense of humor) "God did it on purpose, so that we may love you men instead of laughing at you."
--Mrs. Pat Campbell

My heart smiled when you kissed my lips. What a sweet surprise!
--Jan Arden

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
--Mother Teresa

Everyone smiles in the same language.
--Author Unknown

A laugh is a smile that bursts.
--Mary H. Waldrip

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
--Phyllis Diller

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

Smile; it the second best thing one can do with one's lips.
--Author Unknown

Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other--it doesn't matter who it is--and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.
--Mother Theresa

A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around.
--Carolyn Birmingham

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
--Agnes Repplier

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
--Washington Irving

Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.
--Mae West

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
--Mother Teresa

Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.
--Anthony J. D'Angelo

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

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, Then people gonna treat you better, You're gonna find, yes you will, That you're beautiful as you feel.
--Carole King

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
--Denis Waitley