About SMS4Smile Quotes

SMS4Smile Quotes is a searchable collection of quotations, organised by the person who said or wrote them and by the themes they touch on. It is part of SMS4Smile, which has published short-form writing online since 2005.

What you will find here

• Author pages collect the quotes attributed to one person, with a short profile where we have verified facts.
• Topic pages collect quotes on one theme, such as courage, grief or leadership, from many different people.
• Topic and author pages narrow a theme to one person, for example one writer’s quotes about love.
• Quote pages show a single quote with a short interpretation and related quotes.

How the collection is kept tidy

A collection this large attracts duplicates, misattributions and fragments. We merge duplicate quotes, retire tags that are not real themes, and keep thin pages out of search results rather than padding them. Pages appear in search only when they hold enough quotes from enough different people to be worth a visit. Our editorial policy explains the rules in detail.

Corrections

If a quote is misattributed, misquoted, or duplicated, the fix is a correction to the collection, not a new page. Corrections are applied to the quote itself, so every page that lists it updates at once.