27 Smile Quotes And Gift Smile Wallpaper to Turn A Bad Day Around!

Parenting isn’t always sunshine and rainbows. While it’s perfectly OK that every day isn’t picture-perfect, it can sometimes be hard to shake the blues.

One easy way you can help to turn a bad day into a good one is by smiling. While that may seem way too simple to be true, it’s not! Research has shown that smiling offers many health benefits that range from a boost in our happy hormones and alleviating stress to reducing blood pressure and strengthening relationships. Think of smiling as another act of self-care.

For the days when it feels hard to power through, I created a list of quotes to help you turn a bad day around and remember to be grateful for the little things in life like the sound of your child’s laugh or the first bite of a delicious meal you made for yourself. Enjoy…

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss (pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel) | Author

“Never regret anything that made you smile.” — Mark Twain | Author

“A smile doesn’t always stand for a perfect life.” ― Faraaz Kazi | Author

“Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind’s tearing tension.” — Sri Chinmoy | Spiritual leader

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” — Phyllis Diller | Comedian, actress, author, and musician

“Smile. It’s free therapy” — Douglas Horton | Clergyman and academic leader

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.'” — Alfred Tennyson | Poet

“A smile cures the wounding of a frown.” — William Shakespeare | Playwright, poet, and actor

“It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I’d rather spend my energy smiling.” — Eric Davis | Professional baseball player

“I like smiling! Smiling’s my favorite.” — Buddy the Elf

“I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.” — Santosh Kalwar | Author

“A smile puts you on the right track. A smile makes the world a beautiful place. When you lose your smile, you lose your way in the chaos of life.” — Roy T. Bennett | Author

“The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.” — William Shakespeare | Playwright, poet, and actor

“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson | Essayist and poet

“Smile is a good reply to the dark world.” — Mehmet Murat Ildan | Turkish playwright and novelist

“Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.” — James M. Beggs | Businessman and consultant

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” — Joseph Addison | Essayist and playwright

“Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.” — Lawrence G. Lovasik | Missionary

“Always wear a smile, because your smile is a reason for many others to smile!” — Winnie the Pooh

“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.” — Lord Byron | Poet and politician

“I receive kindness every day. I love to smile when I’m out and about, and if someone smiles back, which happens about half the time, I think that’s an act of kindness every couple of minutes in my day.” — Eddie the Eagle | Ski jumper

“Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being at peace that we can make peace.” — Thich Nhat Hanh | Vietnamese monk

“Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds.” — Dale Carnegie | Writer and lecturer

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” — Mother Teresa | Nun and missionary

“People don’t smile because they’re happy. They’re happy because they smile.” — Lee Dong-Hae | South Korean singer-songwriter

“Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person’s day. It’s all about paying it forward.” — Mariska Hargitay | Actress

“If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.” — Samson Raphael Hirsch | Rabbi

To remind you to smile even when things aren’t going right, Auraglow created smile quote downloadable phone wallpapers to serve as a constant reminder of the importance of sharing your smile with the world. And remember: It only takes 17 facial muscles to smile, but 43 to frown!

Ashley Yeo