Acceptance Quote by Charles Simeon

“You were happy!” I exclaimed, as I returned quickly to the town, “‘as gay and contented as a man can be!’” God of heaven!…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The most tragic strain in human existence lies in the fact that the pleasure which we find in the things of this life, however…

— Randy Alcorn

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness

— Charles Dickens

God seems to reward us with good, delightful experiences when we move with joy through the less-than-delightful times.

— Charles R. Swindoll

We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only…

— Stormie Omartian

Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

— Pope Francis

I had been searching for joy in the relatively good times of life, now I had to find joy amidst darkness and agony.

— Margaret Feinberg

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of…

— Giacomo Casanova

“To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of…

— Neal A. Maxwell

I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

— Saint Augustine

My soul had found All happiness in its own cause or ground. Godhead on Godhead in sexual spasm begot Godhead. Some shadow fell. My…

— William Butler Yeats

Since God has given me a cheerful heart, He will forgive me for serving Him cheerfully.

— Joseph Haydn