World Smile Day, 2017
In this photo, Six thousand Filipino participants,wearing yellow and black shirts, form on May 30, 2015. A human smiley in Manila, attempting to break the Guinness World record held by Doha, Qatar, with 4,047 participants. Getty Images / Noel Celis

Today is World Smile Day, a celebration of cheerfulness that was coined and initiated by commercial artist Harvey Ball. Ball from Worcester, Massachusetts, is known to have created the Smiley Face in 1963. He also founded the World Smile Corporation in 1999, which organizes World Smile Day. The day is held on the first Friday of October each year and is dedicated to "good cheer and good works".

It may seem like a stretch but the horrific massacre at Las Vegas, and the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma, Maria and Harvey may have left behind a world which could do with more smiles.

So, with the mission of making you grin and set you in the right mood to kickstart the weekend, here are 16 quotes from Goodreads and BrainQuote about happiness and why is it so important to smile.

1) “If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is.” – Chad Sugg

2) “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

3) “Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.” - Roy T. Bennett

4) “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.” - Maya Angelou

5) “You'll find that life is still worthwhile if you just smile.” – Charlie Chaplin

6) “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.” - Mother Teresa

7) “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Suess

8) “Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

9) “Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.” – Greta Garbo

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

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

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

13) “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” - Og Mandino

14) “No matter where life takes me, you'll find me with a smile. Presumed to be happy, always laughing like a child. I never thought life could be this sweet! It's got me cheesing from cheek to cheek!” - Mac Miller

15) “To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.” – Dejan Stojanovic

16) “The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.” - Malcolm de Chazal

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