“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“When he's cheerful his tongue runs away with him, and he's depressed he can be unkind. So it's common sense not to… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“The black hole of the galaxy swallows the boiling energy of human fury. Soon my waning fume will be obscured forevermore, all… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Did everyone make the most ghastly blunders at regularly intervals through their life and live to regret them ever afterward? Was everyone's… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run. — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
If you want to become a concert pianist, do it every day. You want to be a writer, do it every day.… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
One thing about this face was very strange and startling. You could not look upon it in its most cheerful mood without… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I can't deceive myself out of the bare stark realization that no matter how enthusiastic you are, no matter how sure that… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
. . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Simple smile, a cheerful hello or a word of encouragement It's amazing what an impact you will have. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The bells which toll for mankind are—most of them, anyway—like the bells of Alpine cattle; they are attached to our own necks,… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
It is the Lord's Day, and I do believe that cheerful hearts and faces are not unpleasant in His sight. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way: but, to return, and view… — Virgil Copy Share Image
Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Distrust your religion unless it is cheerful, unless it turns every act and deed to music and exults in attempts to catch… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
