World Smile Day 2016 Quotes: 16 Happy Sayings To Get You Grinning

Friday is World Smile Day, a celebration of happiness hosted by the Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation in honor of the man who created the smiley face. That may seem like a stretch, but given the damage Hurricane Matthew is doing in the Atlantic Ocean and the anxiety the upcoming election is causing in the United States, we could all probably use a reason to grin.

"The smiley face knows no politics, no geography and no religion," the holiday's organizers wrote on their "about" page on Facebook. "Harvey’s idea was that for at least one day each year, neither should we."

To help you get in the right mood, here are 14 quotes about happiness and smiling to share Friday, collected from Goodreads and BrainyQuote:

"You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile." — Charlie Chaplin

"There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons." — Stephen Chbosky

"For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face." — Dejan Stojanovic

"Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it." — Boethius

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime." — Steve Maraboli

"I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem." — Jonathan Safran Foer

"I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back." — Heidi Klum

"When you lose your smile, you lose your way in the chaos of life." — Roy T. Bennett

"The catchphrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'" — Harvey Ball

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." — Dr. Seuss

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

"If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it." — Andy Rooney

"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

"Right in this moment, I can't even remember what unhappy feels like." — Maggie Stiefvater