Cheerfulness

"Between levity and cheerfulness there is a wide distinction; and the mind which is most open to levity is frequently a stranger to cheerfulness."

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."

"Be of good cheer."

"I have always preferred Chearfulness to Mirth. The latter, I consider as an Act, the former as an Habit of the Mind. Mirth is short and transient. Cheerfulness fixed and permanent."

"A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured. It will lighten sickness, poverty and affliction, convert ignorance into an amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable."

"Cheered up himself with ends of verse And sayings of philosophers."

"Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes."

"A cheerful look makes a dish a feast."

"Cheer up, the worst is yet to come."

"It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood."

"Leve fit quod bene fertur onus."

"Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit, She might ha' been a grandam ere she died; And so may you; for a light heart lives long."

"Look cheerfully upon me. Here, love; thou seest how dilgent I am."

"He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me Thoughts that would thick my blood."

"A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight."

"Corn shall make the young men cheerful."

"You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? You will find half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

"Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous, a spirit all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, beautiful because bright."

"I praise Thee while my days go on; I love Thee while my days go on! Through dark and dearth, through fire and frost, With emptied arms and treasure lost, I thank Thee while my days go on."

"An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with."

"The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful."

"Sweetness of spirit and sunshine is famous for dispelling fears and difficulties; patience is a mighty help to the burden-bearer."

"A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand, I march on in haste through an enemy's land; The road may be rough, but it cannot be long; And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song."

"Cheerful looks make every dish a feast."

"The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness."

"If good people would but make their goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many would they win to the good cause!"