Cheerfulness

(265 votes)   So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(115 votes)   Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.

Charles Dickens
1812-1870, British Novelist

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(107 votes)   The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(104 votes)   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.

Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman

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(101 votes)   I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.

Charles Dickens
1812-1870, British Novelist

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(98 votes)   The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

Christian Nevell Bovee
1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer

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(80 votes)   A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat

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(71 votes)   Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.

Evelyn Underhill

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(68 votes)   Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Edwin P. Whipple
1819-1886, American Essayist

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(61 votes)   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.

John Ruskin
1819-1900, British Critic, Social Theorist

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(59 votes)   Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!

Philander Johnson

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(52 votes)   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.

Barbara W. Winder

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(51 votes)   There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things.

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(49 votes)   The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.

P. Godwin

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(44 votes)   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

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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