Own Smile Quotes

#1. I swallowed my own smile. I shouldn't be thinking this was fun at all; it was serious business. But I couldn't help it, if you couldn't look at the world when it fell apart around you and see the funny shit, you would end up hating everyone and everything.

Shannon Mayer

#2. Always behold
not only your own smile
but also the smile
of someone else's joy

Mario

#3. Dorian said, "So here we are." "The end of the road," Aelin said with a half smile. "No," Chaol said, his own smile faint, tentative. "The beginning of the next.

Sarah J. Maas

#4. Beside me, Adrian's own smile vanished, and he went perfectly still. Tatiana, the former Moroi queen, had been Christian's great-aunt.

Richelle Mead

#5. If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others.

Dalai Lama

#6. My own smile lingered as I watched her, and whispered to her sleep-deaf ears, as I had so many times before, God, you are so like him.

Diana Gabaldon

#7. I stepped away from the car preparing my own smile because you catch more flies with honey than you do with shit.

Bruce Blake

#8. Ah?" he said, vaguely. "No, I dinna think so. Still," he said with a smile, pulling his attention suddenly back to her, "I wouldna be likely to. A young burke of sixteen's too taken up wi' his own grand self to pay much heed to what he thinks are naught but a rabble of snot-nosed bairns.

Diana Gabaldon

#9. Don't be afraid," he says with a half smile. "You're with me." His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and do as he says.

Marie Lu

#10. If you smile with passion, you will become a model at your very own fashion show.

Debasish Mridha

#11. Julie smiled a tight little smile and shook her head at her own foolhardiness.
But I did it because I love him, she told herself. I love him still. God help me. So this is how it feels to have your break ...

Jennifer Wilde

#12. Tom Cruise shouldn't try to win Oscars. He should just smile and kick people in the face and leave the acting to Hugh Jackman. Why Hugh Jackman? I dunno; come up with your own example, smart-ass.

Doug Benson

#13. His smile doesn't hide his own aching chest.

Emery Lord

#14. I'm a really smiley person, so I've just learned when I'm doing my own makeup, I have to make sure it's smile ready and not too heavy. As amazing as the Victoria Beckham pout is for photos, I just can't do it!

Rosario Dawson

#15. For our own past is covered by the currents of action,
But the torment of others remains an experience
Unqualified, unworn by subsequent attrition.
People change, and smile: but the agony abides.

T. S. Eliot

#16. Beneath her cheek, his heart was thumping steadily. Definitely faster than his usual near-hibernation beat. Lifting her head, she flashed him a tight smile. "I get to you."
"Are you kidding? You own me," he said, his voice running over her like silk.

Jill Shalvis

#17. No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.

Mother Teresa

#18. The young man looked down from the cart at the people in front of him. Jonah felt his teacher's eyes meet his own, and for a fraction of a second a smile played on the prisoner's lips. Then he glanced toward heaven and spoke. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Anna Myers

#19. Lucrezia has never seen her own face, and cannot know its expressions
how, at that moment, her smile was an explosion.

Lauren Groff

#20. The day I found my smile again was when I stood in my own storm and danced with my tribe.

Shannon L. Alder

#21. Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Rabindranath Tagore

#22. When she turned to see me smiling. It was an awkward smile, but you only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expected it to be.

Nathan Filer

#23. People respond to kindness. They trust a smile more than a promise that you will leave them choking on their own blood.

Kiersten White

#24. Peace for the whole world begins with a smile in your own heart.

Bryant McGill

#25. Robina Fairfax's mouth opened in a smile which revealed teeth that could only have been her own, so variously coloured and oddly shaped were they.

Barbara Pym

#26. She just waited. Rosie had no choice. She'd have to do it on her own. She'd do anything for Amy, even hear whatever she was about to hear, on her own. The consultant was in his office. It was as untidy as always. He didn't smile. It wasn't a bad sign. He

Monica McInerney

#27. A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.

Lisa Kleypas

#28. Her taste still teased my tongue, and her touch tipped my fingers. Her smile licked my lips, and her heart beat my own. So I tugged on her sheets, like it was a cape. To me, she was a God damned super hero, and underneath, was everything I need. Her super powers on top of me.

J. Raymond

#29. Versatile Tangerine is striking enough to stand on its own and adds vitality to a printed pattern. Good natured and friendly, but with a tangy edge, this fun-loving color invites a smile.

Leatrice Eiseman

#30. Where we got to know eachother. Not just with words, it was how we observed eachother's movements. The way your smile only effected the lower half of your face. How our hands moved when they were close: as if they had minds of their own.

Elaine Turnbo

#31. I just live life on my own terms. And I smile a lot.

Tyler Florence

#32. He instantly covers my fingers with his own, giving me his slow, intoxicating smile. I feel a pang, as though I'm handing over a part of myself I've never offered before.

Huntley Fitzpatrick

#33. I wish there could be an international peace
conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own
conviction is that the future happiness of the world depends in no
small measure on them and on the librarians.

Christopher Morley

#34. I believe that forgiveness given prematurely is its own form of punishment. When the hand is offered before the heart says it's time, judgment lurks behind every smile.

Jax Peters Lowell

#35. But Anne, do you love him?" I asked curiously.
The curve of her hood hid all but the corner of her smile. "I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for his touch.

Philippa Gregory

#36. The best way of keeping a low profile was to immerse himself in the mundane. Act like them, talk like them. A smile, a joke was all it took - at least during the day. The night was his own.

Caroline Mitchell

#37. The family we're born into is important, sure, but they're not all we have. They're not all we are. A part of life is making your own family. That's the beauty of it all." I smile softly. "Do you have a big family?" "I do," he says, "but most of us aren't blood related.

J.M. Darhower

#38. I kinda like it that I can stand on my own," I said with a smirk.
"Let's not make it a habit, ok? I'm not thrilled with this discovery of yours." He cracked a playful smile. "I much prefer to order you around and you just do whatever I say."
"Your high handedness is impressive," I mused.

Shelly Crane

#39. Men like him were so used to getting their own way with a quick smile, a murmured
word, they didn't know how to act with a woman who stood firmly on her own feet.

Nora Roberts

#40. Mitch studied me with a questioning, smug smile. Men did it so easily, that immediate parceling of value. And how they seemed to want you to collude on your own judgement.

Emma Cline

#41. I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created a lifestyle where I could act for free. I could get a job to pay the bills and act on the weekends to make me smile.

Brian J. White

#42. I once called a guy into his own office and spun around in his own chair to greet him. That kind of thing may be why I quit, before I got into serious trouble. I would smile and the person would get so upset. But you do a thousand of those things, and it makes you weird.

Al Madrigal

#43. My new dressing goal is to make little kids and babies smile at all the bright, clashing colours I can wear at once. It makes me laugh when I catch sight of my own reflection - life is too short not have fun!

Liz Goldwyn

#44. The three most beautiful things you can share with people are a beautiful smile, the ability to have a dialogue with anyone, and comfort in your own skin.

Robert J. Braathe

#45. Because fear called her by her name. (Her own name, not fear's name. Fear doesn't have a name; it's just the steady beat underneath a smile.)

Luisa Valenzuela

#46. Forget the girl who had everything. She died when her father did."
"But I--"
"Nothing is where you start. Own nothing. Know nothing."
"But why would I want to do that?"
His smile made her smile in return.
"Because then you can do anything.

Jay Kristoff

#47. You only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expect it to be.

Nathan Filer

#48. Don't be afraid to be who you are, we were created to perfect in our own imperfect way.

Kendal Rob

#49. can't help but smile. Sure, I have no idea how I'm going to come up with a viable experiment on emotions, but I'm not worrying about it on my own. Just the 'we' in Freya's sentence makes me feel like everything will be okay. Eventually.

Anonymous

#50. What is important in self-discovery is the person who keeps going, who has a smile, who is kind to others, who works hard at everything, and who keeps their mind on their own business and not everybody else's.

Frederick Lenz

#51. Strange how things turn out. Two birds, one stone and all that.' McBlane chuckled at his own impromptu joke. 'But things have worked out for the best and now we all get to work together,' he said, and a smile spread across his face as easy as a politician's lie.

R.D. Ronald

#52. Lucius smiled a little. "You do have a will of your own." The smile faded. "This is not the time to use it.

Beth Fantaskey

#53. In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.

Mantak Chia

#54. You want to own your own life," Eric said. "As much as anyone can." "Just when I think you're very simple, you say something complex," Eric said. "Are you complaining?" I tried to smile, failed. "No.

Charlaine Harris

#55. You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material things, everything, but I think that if we all look into our own homes, how difficult we find it sometimes to smile at each other, and that the smile is the beginning of love.

Mother Teresa

#56. Alas! In vain historians pry and probe: The same wind blows, and in the same live robe Truth bends her head to fingers curved cupwise; And with a woman's smile and a child's care Examines something she is holding there Concealed by her own shoulder from our eyes.

Vladimir Nabokov

#57. Well," Jenni said with a wry smile, "at least we live in Texas, where people actually own guns and hunt.

Rhiannon Frater

#58. It is illogical to expect smiles from others if one does not smile oneself. Therefore, one can see that many things depend on one's own behaviour.

Dalai Lama XIV

#59. I examine my own being, and find there a world, but a world rather of imagination and dim desires, than of distinctness and living power. Then everything swims before my senses, and I smile and dream while pursuing my way through the world.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

#60. He catches my hand and runs his gaze over me, his smile fading when he meets my eyes. "I wish I had the guts to kiss you right now."
It knocks me out: The way he says it send my body into an absolute free fall. "Then why don't you?" I ask, surprised at my own boldness.

Cat Patrick

#61. However heart-stopping his smile and however honest his eyes, however much I think of him as a boy fired to greatness by his own ambition, I cannot trust him.

Philippa Gregory

#62. Elena dared link her fingers to his for a second, felt her heart squeeze when he curled his own around hers. "We lucked out with the people who love us, didn't we, Aodhan?" His answer was a smile that lit up even the secret-shadowed hallways of Lumia.

Nalini Singh

#63. It's one of the saving graces in a life, to be able to perceive one's own and others' absurdity, to notice our shared human frailties and be able, at least some of the time, to smile rather than grimace. Like most people, I must have started out with a comic worldview in my cupboard.

Jane Hirshfield

#64. Yes, I have found that idiots are often happier in a puddle of their own stupidity. Say no more. From now on I will simply smile and nod when you say ridiculous things.

K.F. Breene

#65. Never say goodbye" he demands. His smile fades. "I'm making my own Rules, Never say goodbye, that's rule number one

Rachel Robinson

#66. I think those of us who can't sleep dream better than anyone else,' Emmaline whispers with a smile. 'After all, we get to own the night.

Aimee Friedman

#67. Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them, holding them - all of these further a child's brain development and future potential, even in the earliest months.

T. Berry Brazelton

#68. Sophie has to go home and sleep in her own bed," Stacy tells them with a smile.
"She can sleep in our bed, like Caleb sleeps in Mommy's bed," Maddie replies.
Just shoot me

Kristen Proby

#69. Daddy said, "I'm not sure either you or I own that treasure anymore."
Liam clutched as many coins as he could in both paws and hugged them to his chest as he gave his parents his best, sunniest smile.

Thea Harrison

#70. Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my own iniquity; let's even smile a little. After all, there is no harm in smiling.

Vladimir Nabokov

#71. He says that it is good luck to rub the head of a dwarf," Haldon said after an exchange with the guard in his own tongue.
Tyrion forced himself to smile at the man. "Tell him that it is even better luck to suck on a dwarf's cock.

George R R Martin

#72. Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you."
Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his mouth lifted in a smile. "I knew that," he murmured. "Always knew that.

Morgan Matson

#73. Today can be the Best Day of Your Life So Far. And it will be if you choose to see everything in your life today as a miracle. That includes the growing of the grass, the passing of a cloud, the smile on another's face ... and the beating of your own heart.

Neale Donald Walsch

#74. Derek's lips stretched into a smile on their own, driven not by humor but by the instinctual need to bare his teeth as the wild inside glared through his eyes.

Ilona Andrews

#75. Want to make today a great day? Learn something new, reconnect with a light from your past, right a wrong, serve someone incapable of repaying you, smile at your own image and thank God for who you are and all that you have.

Toni Sorenson

#76. Ian, man, I didna tell ye because I didna wish to lose you too. My brother was gone, and my father. I didna mean to lose my own heart's blood as well. For you are dearer to me even than home and family, love.'She cast a lopsided smile at Jamie. 'And that's saying quite a bit.

Diana Gabaldon

#77. I put a hand on my chest, leaning against the wood panels of the stair wall. Rhy's hand covered my own a heartbeat later. "That's what I felt," he said, "when I saw you smile that night we dined along the Sidra.

Sarah J. Maas

#78. Furi just nodded with a secret smile on his face. If Joe or the caller only knew what was going on in Furi's mind. Goddamnit, Syn. He was so sated he was close to pulling out a cigarette and sparking one as if he were in his own bedroom. I'm in trouble. I want him ... bad.

A.E. Via

#79. They have hopes and dreams that may echo or overlap your own. And there's no reason why you can't make room for them. But what's happening to you right now, precisely at this instant, belongs only to you. Own it ... This is your moment. Let someone else take the picture ... just smile.

Michael J. Fox

#80. You put your own joy in prison if you work hard to make other people's happiness suffocate.

Israelmore Ayivor

#81. It's the secret smile you get from knowing that, somewhere, there is someone who is yours. Not in the sense that you own her or control her. She is yours because you can say anything to her, whenever you need to. And she can do the same, whenever she needs to.

David Levithan

#82. I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.

Faith Hill

#83. Funny, she had always thought that thin, bespectacled, intellectual types like Brian attracted her. Lora had to smile at her own naivete. Who would have guessed that she, Lora Harding, would buckle at the knees over a hunk of male beef?

Karen Robards

#84. Do you always mix business and pleasure?" She flashed her most alluring smile.

"Miss Stockton, when you own an inn, your business is pleasure.

J.M. Maxim

#85. What we have isn't aligned with that part of my life. We live in a galaxy of our own," I whisper, kissing his earlobe. I smile when his breath quickens. "Where the storms pass, and the light fades, and everything ceases to exist except for us." His

Claire Contreras

#86. There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through.

Gloria Estefan

#87. The dreamy guy at this Starbucks wasn't working the counter. Instead he was working a broom behind it, smiling as he swept. At first I didn't get the smile, but then I realized he was listening to the radio, to Norah Jones sliding her voice around he notes. In his own way, he was dancing alone.

David Levithan

#88. 'I'm happy,' David said. 'All the time. It's amazing. I think of you and I want to smile. Do I make you want to smile?'
'No,' Alec said, and kissed him. David could feel the curve of his mouth against his own.

Wheeler Scott

#89. He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin to move to his own sense of rhythm. It wasn't always pretty. But then, he didn't worry about a partner. Morrie danced by himself.

Mitch Albom

#90. It took me a moment to realize he was joking. He was very dry. He didn't even smile at his own jokes, let alone laugh at them. Didn't give you any clues he was being funny. Oh,

Joe Hill

#91. Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction?
Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?

William Blake

#92. 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

#93. The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome.

Derek Walcott

#94. But even if the captain rewrites his own history, how could it affect your reality? I'm from a place you call a fairy tale, and I'm still here."
"But . . . the Vaadi Al-Maas was real once. People believed in it."
"I believe in you. Simple enough, right?" His smile was heartbreaking.

Heidi Heilig

#95. Even Colin - the golden boy, the man with the easy smile and devilish humor - had raw spots of his own. He was haunted by unfulfilled dreams and secret insecurities. How unfair she had been when she'd pondered his life, not to allow him his weaknesses.

Julia Quinn

#96. He smiles a small smile. His lips twitch like he's trying not to laugh. His eyes soften as they study my own. There's very little I wouldn't do for you.

Tahereh Mafi

#97. In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile is my smile.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#98. There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery tumult in Scarlett's own bosom.
'Why-why-she's like me! She understands how I feel'!

Margaret Mitchell

#99. You did smile, Bridgette, and you need to own it, because it was fucking beautiful.

Colleen Hoover

#100. Those who doubt themselves will doubt you. Those who limit themselves will try to limit you. Do not fight them. Smile, go your own way, and trust that your example is enough.

Vironika Tugaleva