In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it. — Plautus Copy Share Image
I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. — Jacques Barzun 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
“And they’re all nice, cheerful environments, because that’s what the women deserve.” — The Guardian Copy Share Image
Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous. — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A lot of my paintings have quite negative meanings, but painted in a bright and cheerful way. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The abundance, the solidity, and the splendor of the results already achieved by science are well fitted to inspire us with a… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises? — N.K. Jemisin 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
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
A cheerful intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough. For it indicates the purpose of Nature and wisdom attained. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't have any down days. If anybody who knows me comes into our locker room, they know I'm happy; they know… — Darnell Dockett Copy Share Image
To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
True religion and virtue give a cheerful and happy turn to the mind, admit of all true pleasures, and even procure for… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The desert floras shame us with their cheerful adaptations to the seasonal limitations. Their whole duty is to flower and fruit, and… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to deed. A skillful man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The kitchen was bright, cheerful yellow, the walls decorated with framed chalk and pencil sketches Simon and Rebecca had done in grade… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I recorded with Hank (Jones) a number of times, usually on dates where Milt was unavailable, and I thought he was the… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study,… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
So what do you wear to dump somebody?" she asked me, twirling a lock of hair around one finger. "Black, for mourning?… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The happiest people I know are not those who are the most beautiful, rich or famous. The happiest people I see are… — Helen Gurley Brown Copy Share Image
Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
There is a further advantage [to hydrogen bombs]: the supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it might be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. Everybody now-a-days is… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Who else is going?" I asked. He shrugged. "Just you and me." My mood promptly shot up past 'cheerful' and went straight… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time. It's an old… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can say anything with a Post-It. I’m not entirely sure why that is. Maybe the friendliness of the squares makes it… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. — Martha Washington Copy Share Image
I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Always be a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile — Agidis234 Copy Share Image
The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image