Quotes about smile and happiness
What shows happiness in a person? A sincere smile, sung by many poets, geniuses of the literary world, filmmakers, musicians and more. A smile makes a person attractive, it can be contagious, capable of lifting the mood of others, kindling a fire of love and sympathy.
A lot has already been written about a smile caused by genuine happiness. And despite the fact that many of these sayings of the great minds of this world are already familiar to us, it is always pleasant to return to them again. You can do this again by reading our selection of quotes.
There is something that reveals our soul more than our face - this is its expression; and something that reveals it more than our facial expression is our smile. Victor Hugo
A smile is a shield from any adversity.
Smiling feels good, it feels physically good. It's even nicer to laugh. And laughing is just pleasure! Evgeniy Grishkovets
A smile costs nothing, but gives a lot. It enriches those who receive it without impoverishing those who give it. It lasts a moment, but sometimes remains in the memory forever. No one is rich enough to do without it, and no one is so poor that he would not become richer from it. It creates happiness in the home, creates an atmosphere of goodwill and serves as a password for friends. Dale Carnegie
Smile and bring as much joy and goodness to this beautiful world as possible.
Never give up on what makes you smile. Heath Ledger
Smile! After all, a smile is free therapy. Brett Blumenthal
Tears are not a woman’s weapon, her weapon is a sincere smile. Kamui Gackt
The most beautiful thing is to look into the eyes of a person who is smiling. Everyone's eyes “smile” in their own way. But it is smiling eyes that are the most beautiful.
A smile is the spring of the human face.
After all, if I don’t burn,
And if you don't burn,
And if we don't burn,
Then who will dispel the darkness?
Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet
A smile is magic. A smile is contagious. A smile is the easiest and most effective way to establish contact. A smiling person is like a magnet that attracts positive people, good circumstances, brilliant ideas, luck, success, joy, prosperity and wealth.
A smile improves health, prolongs youth and gives happiness. The wider a person’s smile and the more contagious his laughter, the longer his life. When a person smiles
The body produces
the happiness hormone endorphin
, which creates a feeling of happiness here and now. When we smile, we feel happy. Smile = happiness!
An analogy can be drawn: in order to live, a person needs oxygen, and in order to be happy, he needs to smile as much as possible. A smile is necessary for happiness, like oxygen is for life.
Endorphin is produced and creates a feeling of happiness regardless of whether the laughter is artificial or sincere.
Madan Kataria, one of my teachers, who is also known as "Doctor Laughter", uses laughter therapy
to improve people's well-being. He started his practice many years ago and discovered all the secrets of a smile, all its magic, which he shares with people. Kataria organized the first Laughter Club in India, where people come just to laugh. After all, 15-20 minutes of laughter will charge you with energy for the whole day!
Now there are tens of thousands of such laughter clubs around the world. People come to these clubs to laugh, recharge with positive energy, and raise their emotional level. Group exercises begin with forced, artificial laughter, which then flows into sincere laughter, thanks to eye contact and the accumulation of endorphins. I practice many exercises in trainings and they work perfectly. This is a wonderful tool, by mastering it and taking control of your emotions, you can ensure a good mood at any time.
Laughter helps combat the negative effects of stress because it helps reduce levels of stress-causing hormones.
, improves the functioning of the immune system. Laughter significantly reduces the symptoms of coughs, colds, sore throats, and also helps lower blood pressure. The recovery process for a sick person goes twice as fast if he has a positive attitude and smiles! I experienced this myself. Even Charles Darwin said that the very act of smiling improves your mood, and subsequently your well-being. Our worst enemies are negative emotions!
We are born with a smile. The developing fetus smiles while still in the womb. This can be seen using three-dimensional ultrasound. After birth, the baby continues to smile. Pay attention to children, they smile just like that, for no reason. Children always smile - in the morning, during the day, in the evening and even in their sleep, and this is an incredibly sweet sight.
Children have amazing superpowers. They smile about 400 times a day, while adults smile about 17. And some don't smile at all. Pay attention to the people walking down the street, passing in cars... In places where there are a lot of them, they will be smiling. at best, 1-2 people, and that’s because they will see your shining, smiling face. The majority of people are gloomy and gray. They live in their own worlds that they have invented for themselves. People, what's wrong with you? Go down the Moscow metro and you won't see a single smile. In the city it is also very rare to see a smiling person walking or driving past.
A smile brings so much pleasure
that even
chocolate
cannot compare with it. Scientists say that one smile causes the same stimulation as two thousand chocolate bars. Just think about this number! And no extra calories! The same study proved that just smiling is as stimulating as receiving $25,000 in cash. Children smile about 400 times a day. If we multiply 400 by 25 thousand, we get 10 million dollars. Looks like the kids are enjoying themselves like dollar millionaires!
As soon as a person grows up, magical transformations happen to him - he smiles less and frowns more. Society leaves its mark, and negative thinking aggravates the situation. One gloomy person in negativity is like a rotten apple in a basket that needs to be removed as soon as possible so that the rest do not spoil. The later this is done, the more apples will be susceptible to spoilage. It’s the same with people - one person can infect the entire team with negativity.
But if in the case of an apple the process is irreversible, then with a person the situation is simpler. It can be translated from negative thinking
into
a positive thinker.
To do this, he himself must want to change and start working on himself. The Holy Scriptures say that despondency is one of the deadly sins. We drive ourselves into a dead end, into a dark forest, into an abyss, and this is a person’s personal choice!
A smile can bring joy to other people too! When a person smiles, those around him also begin to smile. A smile is contagious and spreads instantly.
Experiments have been carried out repeatedly to confirm this. When Madan Kataria came to Moscow, he and his colleagues went down to the metro and showed in practice how it works.
Entering the subway car, he took out his phone and began imitating a conversation. After a short time he laughed, and after a few minutes all the passengers in this carriage were laughing loudly. First one laughed, looking at him, then another, and then everyone laughed without exception, some even to tears.
Agree, dear friend, it’s hard to resist smiling when everyone around you is laughing. No matter how gloomy, stern or serious you are at this moment. It's easy to explain. When we communicate with people who smile often, we also smile more often. Smiles are contagious, they weaken control over the facial muscles and a person cannot keep a smile. Like attracts like.
A person's laughter is like the fire of a single candle that illuminates the darkness. It lights up hundreds and thousands of candles. First, one candle lights the second, then two more will light up from these two, then four, and so on. As a result, it becomes lighter and warmer. A smiling man among the gloomy gray mass is like a sparkling light in the darkness, from which everyone strives to light up and sparkle. A positive person is 10 times more likely to become healthy and wealthy.
A smile is a passport to the world of happiness, joy, love and wealth. By smiling, we look better, more confident, more successful, happier in the eyes of others. We appear more likable, courteous and competent. Smile friends, smile as often as possible!
To assimilate and consolidate this law, perform the following exercises:
- From today, start every morning with a smile. As soon as you wake up and open your eyes, smile. Then, before you wash your face and brush your teeth, looking in the mirror, smile at yourself a few more times and laugh.
- Teach yourself to smile just like that, without any reason. Do the "lock" exercise. Imagine that your lips are two zippers from the lock, and you are holding the slider with your hand. You open the lock and smile, close it and stop. Do this exercise several times a day until you learn to smile for no reason and understand that smiling is easy and pleasant.
- Perform daily at least 200 smiles per day, for advanced ones - 400 smiles per day.
- Smile at 10 random strangers passing by. Give them your smile while looking into their eyes. Pay attention to how people react, what happens to them.
- From today, when you meet acquaintances, friends, relatives, colleagues, as well as new acquaintances, you will smile!
Author: Dmitry Vasiliev
Training center of Dmitry Vasiliev
Down with stress
Changing facial expressions sends appropriate commands to the brain. The corners of the lips, downturned, the sour expression on the face will make you sad and even cry. But as soon as you smile (even if you are not at all laughing), a signal will be sent to the anterior zone of the hypothalamus - stress is canceled ! The hypothalamus is a tiny part of the brain, the internal commander of our body. It determines which hormones will enter the bloodstream and nourish the body: hormones of anxiety and sadness (adrenaline, norepinephrine) or elixirs of happiness (antidepressant serotonin and the hormone of joy endorphin). By the way, other important centers are located here: hunger and thirst, sleep and wakefulness, mood and behavior. We noticed that when you are sad, you just want to eat something. And you try a new diet called “Smile”: the pleasure center is activated on its own, without additional doping in the form of buns, sweets or alcohol. As soon as a person smiles, in addition to a “tasty” hormonal cocktail, he receives a release of tension - the tone disappears, all muscles relax. Using the same principle, you can relax before going to bed: you don’t have to use auto-training, just try to fall asleep with a slight smile on your lips.
The smile of Mona Lisa and the Cheshire cat
Some believe that babies begin to smile at about 1-2 months of age, responding to their mother's smile. However, this is not so: the ability to smile is genetically inherent in a person; already in the womb, the baby’s facial expressions are full of emotions. Whether you see your baby’s fleeting smile in the first hours after birth or a little later depends on the individual characteristics of the child. Another thing is that by the month a newborn begins to glow with joy consciously: a smile is caused by the feeling of pleasure from food, the sounds of pleasant music, but most of all by familiar and sweet faces. A child's smile is spontaneous and sincere, it is always caused by a feeling of joy. It is these infant memories that revive in each of us the reaction to the smiles of others - we feel calmer, become trusting and somewhat vulnerable. A smile evokes affection, it seems that we are accepted.
Meanwhile, a person can put completely different emotions into a smile. American researcher Paul Ekman identified 19 types of smiles , although it is believed that there are many more. A happy smile is an expression of happiness, pleasure and love, recognition of success, the triumph of a winner. A friendly smile is a sign of politeness, a way to show others that everything is going well and you are glad to see them. A brave smile is an antidote to stress or fear. Seductive conquers hearts - it has been proven that not only friendship, but also love in most cases begins with a smile. An embarrassed smile indicates indecisiveness and asks for support. Defensive is a way of self-defense in situations of aggression or uncertainty. Cheerful, sad, ironic, conspiratorial, open, mysterious, affectionate, charming...
We say: “The eyes are the mirror of the soul.” And physiognomists say that the most emotional part of the face is the lips. The mouth reflects many more shades of emotion, and if you want to read your opponent’s mood, pay attention to the movement of the lips. Pursed lips will indicate a desire to maintain distance. The more modest the smile, the more restrained your interlocutor is in his feelings; he is trying to control the situation. An asymmetrical smile (crooked) – conveys distrust or insincerity. Exposing your gums when you smile is an indicator of dedication. The Hollywood smile expresses narcissism and the desire to win.
You can smile with the barely noticeable smile of Mona Lisa, or, as they say, “grind your teeth” “from ear to ear,” but the main criterion of sincerity is still radiant, glowing eyes. And don’t let facial wrinkles bother you - a bright smile coming from the heart heals your body and soul, makes you more attractive and younger.
Beautiful words about a smile
A sincere smile originates in the heart. She is capable of working miracles, she helps to establish contacts and friendships between people. And in general, people who are cheerful and generous with their smiles live much easier and more fun. This is exactly what is said in beautiful quotes and aphorisms about smiling.
“A smile is the sun. She drives winter away from a person’s face.”
Victor Hugo
“Smile. A smile should be not only on the lips, but also in the eyes and in the voice.”
Alan Percy
“A smile is an opportunity to change your appearance without any plastic surgery, the easiest way to become beautiful.”
Darya Dontsova
“A smile is the normal state of a normal person.”
Evgeny Zamyatin
"You're not fully dressed yet unless you have a smile on your face."
Martin Charnin
“When you wake up in the morning, the main thing is to smile. Always start your day with a smile."
William Claude Fields
“As a person has a smile, so is his soul.”
George Martin
“Smile, don’t give misfortune pleasure.”
“Never stop smiling, even when you are sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.”
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“If you see a face without a smile, smile yourself.”
Biant Priensky
“A charming smile is part of the truth about a person; usually an important part.”
Max Fry
"Just smile. Smile at problems and they will dissipate like clouds after a storm, at the enemy and he will retreat, at time and it will slow down, at people and they will reach out.”
Nver Simonyan
“Let’s greet each other with a smile, because a smile is the beginning of love.”
Mother Teresa
“A smile is the rainbow reflection of the human soul.”
Roman Podzorov
“A smile costs less electricity but produces the same amount of light.”
Henri Antoine Gruet
“A strong person is not the one who can put you on your shoulder with one look, but the one who can lift you up from your knees with one smile!”
Juliette Binoche
“A man without a smile is strings without a violin, it is a sea without a seagull, it is a house without a mistress, it is a cat without a tail, it is a tail without a cat.”
About the benefits of a smile
Psychologists say that if a person looks upset, his mood actually worsens. But it also works in the opposite direction: if you smile more often, your well-being will improve. Listen to these meaningful quotes and aphorisms about smiling, because sometimes it’s useful to literally force yourself to smile.
“Smile, even if you feel very bad, in pain and want to cry, smile for real, with sincere joy, straighten your shoulders and straighten up, as if you are happy and proud and want to sing with happiness. The body will believe and rejoice, maybe not immediately, but very quickly, it simply does not know how to truly suffer when you sincerely smile. And after the body, the soul will rejoice again..."
Maria Semenova
“Smile, for all people lack self-confidence, and a smile, more than anything else, gives this confidence.”
Andre Maurois
“When a person smiles. And even more, when he laughs, it’s as if he manages to extend his life, this short moment.”
Laurence Stern
“If the loser smiles, the winner loses the taste of victory.”
Usain Bolt
“The cheerful expression on the face is gradually reflected in the inner world.”
Immanuel Kant
“I understand what your problem is. You are too serious. All stupid things on earth are done with this facial expression... Smile, gentlemen... Smile..."
"Baron Munchausen"
“Life is a smile, even if tears are streaming down your face.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“My life is falling apart, but no one sees it, because I am a well-mannered person: I smile all the time.”
Frederic Beigbeder
“Just smile - and tiny rays of warmth will timidly creep into your sad soul, warm your heart and, spilling over with sweet calm, light up your eyes.”
“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show it that you have a thousand reasons to smile.”
“Step over the sadness, people! You smiled, it means everything is okay. Laugh more often, be happy and let your smile become your morning exercise!”
“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fact one: a smile can be contagious
Experts say that a smile can be contagious. This means that a good mood can be passed on to others. The principle works like this: as soon as you start smiling at your interlocutor, he will start smiling back. This is how the “chameleon effect” works when a person unintentionally copies the behavior of another. “Indeed, the “chameleon effect” is associated with attempts to imitate the person with whom you communicate. Moreover, this can happen both consciously and unconsciously. This is usually expressed in gestures or body movements when speaking, in the tone of voice or in facial expressions. Depending on what goals a person is pursuing, this effect can either help - win over the interlocutor - or, on the contrary, harm. It’s better to be sincere in front of your interlocutor and give him a kind smile,” says Olesya Sudareva.
TEST: Do you go through life with a smile? More details
Why do we smile?
Let's go back to 2021. Today, smiles are all around us - in the form of smiley faces, refrigerator magnets, advertisements, and even well-meaning strangers. Those who smile frequently are considered more likable, competent, approachable, friendly and attractive.
But the truth is much more sinister. Of the 19 different types of smiles, only 6 are associated with a truly good smile. The rest happen when we are hurt, uncomfortable, scared, sad or embarrassed. A smile can mean contempt, anger or mistrust, a lie or loss.
Of the 19 different types of smiles, only 6 are associated with a truly good smile.
While our genuine, happy smiles exist as a reward for having done something positive to support our existence, unhappy smiles have less to do with what you're experiencing internally and more to do with what you want to signal to others. “Some smiles have evolved to signal that we are cooperative and non-threatening; others have evolved to let people know, without aggression, that we are superior to them in our current situation,” says Paula Niedenthal, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Many of them are polite gestures that show that we are following the rules. But they can also be an effective way of manipulating others or distracting them from our true feelings. Most often, this universal symbol of happiness is used as a mask.
