I hate above all things a cross man. What right has he to murder the sunshine of a day? What right has… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
True Shandeism, think what you will against it, opens the heart and lungs, and like all those affections which partake of its… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness.… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
The more I see of Italy, the more I adore the Italians. They have so much heart, so much cheerfulness and gaiety,… — Marie Van Vorst Copy Share Image
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and… — William James Copy Share Image
Things of the spirit are what count: brotherhood – in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad;… — E. Urner Goodman Copy Share Image
When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
“These days my sole desire is that our lives should be simple and straightforward, that all around us there should be peace… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Actions seems to follow feeling, but really actions and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more… — William James Copy Share Image
When Goethe says that in every human condition foes lie in wait for us, "invincible only by cheerfulness and equanimity," he does… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4).… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Why not make cheerfulness, outrageousness, playfulness a new priority for yourself? Make feeling good your expectation. You don't have to have a… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Manage through the uncertainties. Practice appropriate actions and participate in healthy choices. Value and celebrate the loyalty of the individuals around you:… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
“One world is aware and by far the largest to me, and that is myself, / And whether I come to my… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
A source of cheerfulness to a good mind is the consideration of that Being on whom we have our dependence, and in… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Surround yourself with people who bring more sunshine than shade, who turn “ugh” into “ahh,” and who sprinkle laughter like confetti. Life’s… — Life is Positive Copy Share Image
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Words can mean different things to different people. It is important to understand what people mean when they use a certain word.… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
“Jo gave her sister an encouraging pat on the shoulder as they parted for the day, each going a different way, each… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Deeply, he felt the love for the run-away in his heart, like a wound, and he felt at the same time that… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Cub fans, by consensus, are the best in baseball. Year after year, in good times and (mostly) bad, they turn out in… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
