Cheerfulness Quotes

178 quotes by 136 authors

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. — Joseph Addison
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do… — Joseph Addison
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of… — Joseph Addison
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. — Henry Ward Beecher
When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of… — Andrea Bocelli
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without… — Charlotte Bronte
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it;… — Thomas Carlyle
Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health. — Grenville Kleiser
Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow… — Benjamin Franklin
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness. — Saint John Chrysostom
The most certain sign of wisdom is continual cheerfulness; her state is like the things above the moon, always clear and serene. — Michel de Montaigne
Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face. — Jean Paul
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another.… — Henry David Thoreau
Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and… — Joseph Addison
A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy. — Euripides
Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the… — Charles Hodge
The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness,… — Wilferd Peterson

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