Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation its powers of endurance. Efforts, to be permanently useful, must be uniformly joyous,—a spirit all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, beautiful because bright.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Cheerfulness is contagious, but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a “carrier”.
—Unknown
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
—Charles Dickens (1812–70) English Novelist
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63) English Novelist
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness; her estate is like that of the things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Cheerfulness greases the axles of the world.
—Unknown
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
Cheerfulness and goodwill make labor light.
—Danish Proverb
Cheerful looks make every dish a feast; and it is that which crowns a welcome.
—Philip Massinger (1583–1640) English Playwright
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
—Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) Italian Monk, Founder of the Franciscan Order
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
—Samuel Butler
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The former is an act, the latter a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient; cheerfulness, fixed and permanent. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment. Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
The mind that is cheerful at present will have no solicitude for the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a smile.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom, there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn’t be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness
—Unknown
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured. It will lighten sickness, poverty and affliction, convert ignorance into an amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
—Chinese Proverb
If the soul be happily disposed, everything becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Gaiety alone, as it were, is the hard cash of happiness; everything else is just a promissory note.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.
—Irish Proverb
I’m not happy, I’m cheerful. There’s a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them.
—Beverly Sills (1929–2007) American Singer, Musician
To be free-minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meals, and of sleep, and of exercise, is one of the best precepts of long-lasting.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
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