#smile

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ↗

— Stephen Rea

#ask #camera #comes #gloomy #me

Southerners smile more than other Americans. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#other #smile #southerners #than

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#familiar #his #history #long #minute

I never get tired of smiling. I'm just the kind of guy who likes to smile. ↗

— Jason Ritter

#guy #i #just #kind #likes

Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#actor #came #eisenhower #ever #expressive

Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision. Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy. Trust, even when your heart begs you not to. Twirl, even when your mind makes no sense of what you see. Frolick, even when you are made fun of. Kiss, even when others are watching. Sleep, even when you're afraid of what the dreams might bring. Run, even when it feels like you can't run any more. And, always, remember, even when the memories pinch your heart. Because the pain of all your experience is what makes you the person you are now. And without your experience---you are an empty page, a blank notebook, a missing lyric. What makes you brave is your willingness to live through your terrible life and hold your head up high the next day. So don't live life in fear. Because you are stronger now, after all the crap has happened, than you ever were back before it started. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#brave #cry #frolick #heart #kiss

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile? ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#cost #does #giving #hardest #live

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough. ↗

— Richard M. DeVos

#few #few things #hope #more #optimism

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brave #business #conduct #conscience #death

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#children #divine #everyone #goodness #hearts