Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“He looked cheerful, as though he was with an imaginary friend whose company he enjoyed.” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm relentlessly cheerful... more consistently relaxed. — George Ezra Copy Share Image
Cheerful poor is rich with a smile, sulky rich is poor with a bullion of gold. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Let's be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we… — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
Most people probably assume that Hristo is a grumpy, stubborn guy... That can't be further from the truth. He's a cheerful, candid… — Michael Laudrup 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
A cheerful, easy, open countenance will make fools think you a good-natured man, and make designing men think you an undesigning one. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful - never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted… — John Ray Copy Share Image
Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room. And only one activity: clearing away. The destructive character is young and cheerful.… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says:… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Confidence and courage are special skills to the art ... Within the four walls of his study, the artist should be modest,… — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Have you noticed that the astronomers and mathematicians are much the most cheerful people of the lot? I suppose that perpetually contemplating… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with… — Solon Copy Share Image
She had taken him for granted, she thought with surprise and shame, watching the flickering candlelight. She had assumed his kindness was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“But can one be a blessing merely by being cheerful? Yes; moral beauty of any kind exerts a silent influence for good.… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
The secret of culture is to learn, that a few great points steadily reappear, alike in the poverty of the obscurest farm,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whatever else you do or forbear, impose upon yourself the task of happiness; and now and then abandon yourself to the joy… — Max Ehrmann 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
It is our daily duty to consider that in all circumstances of life, pleasurable, painful, or otherwise, the conduct of others, especially… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
“To stay cheerful when involved in a gloomy and exceedingly responsible business is no inconsiderable art: yet what could be more necessary… — Frederich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“I'd just like you to be your usual cheerful self...smile, and stay by my side.” — Sakura Tsukuba Copy Share Image
