Quote: Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Author: Joseph Addison 1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman
Quote: O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Author: St. Augustine 354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, Theologian
Quote: To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
Author: Francis Bacon 1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
Quote: The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
Author: Christian Nevell Bovee 1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer
Quote: A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Author: Sir John Bowring 1792-1872, British Statesman, Linguist
Quote: People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
Author: Samuel Butler 1612-1680, British Poet, Satirist
Quote: Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.
Author: Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author
Quote: Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance -- the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it ;better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
Author: Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author
Quote: Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
Author: Charles Dickens 1812-1870, British Novelist
Quote: I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
Author: Charles Dickens 1812-1870, British Novelist
Quote: So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
Author: St. Francis of Assisi 1181-1226, Italian Preacher, Founder of the Franciscan Orde
Quote: A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
Author: Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
Quote: An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
Quote: The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
Author: P. Godwin
Quote: The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.
Author: William James 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author
Quote: Thus the sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.
Author: William James 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author
Quote: Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!
Author: Philander Johnson
Quote: In making up the character of God, the old theologians failed to mention that He is of infinite cheerfulness. The omission has caused the world much tribulation.
Author: Michael Monahan
Quote: The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Author: Michel Eyquem De Montaigne 1533-1592, French Philosopher, Essayist
Quote: The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
Author: Michel Eyquem De Montaigne 1533-1592, French Philosopher, Essayist
Quote: I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.
Author: Samuel Pepys 1633-1703, British Diarist
Quote: To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.
Author: John Ruskin 1819-1900, British Critic, Social Theorist
Quote: The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness wee already there. To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and courage will very likely replace fear. If we act as if from some better feeling, the bad feeling soon folds its tent like an Arab and silently steals away
Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Quote: Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
Author: W. H. Sheldon
Quote: I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
Author: Margaret Thatcher 1925-, British Stateswoman, Prime Minister (1979-90)
Quote: The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Author: Mark Twain 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
Quote: Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.
Author: Evelyn Underhill
Quote: Cheerfulness greases the axles of the world.
Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness
Author: Source Unknown
Quote: There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things.
Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
Author: Edwin P. Whipple 1819-1886, American Essayist
Quote: The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855-1919, American Poet, Journalist
Quote: Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. A determination to be of good cheer can help us and those around us to enjoy life more fully.
Author: Barbara W. Winder