We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in…

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in…

— Jack Gilbert

“God’s joy can fill our days with gladness until we receive the answer we are waiting for.”

— Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think…

— Luis Walter Alvarez

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

— Lillie Langtry

Exalted Manna, gladness of the best, Heaven in ordinary, man well drest,

— George Herbert

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

— Thomas a Kempis

I watched them from the window, thy children at their play, And I thought of all my own dear friends, who were far, oh,…

— Arthur Hugh Clough

“I have for many years endeavored to make this vital truth clear; and still people marvel when I tell them that I am happy.…

— Helen Keller

We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.

— Abraham Lincoln

Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness,…

— Van Morrison

Come to earth to taste our sadness, He whose glories knew no end. By His life He brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend.…

— Charles Wesley

“An act of kindness blossoms our lives with gladness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the spring; it…

— Novalis

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds,…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from…

— Mickey Rooney