Cheerful Quotes

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  I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

  Martha Washington

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Dark, Dwelling

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• To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Birthday, Hope, Heart

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1907). “Ponkapog papers, A sea turn, and other matters”

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• Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Worry, Problem

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• To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Birthday, Time, Years

  Letter to Julia Ward Howe on her 70th birthday, 27 May (1889)

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• The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

  Mark Twain

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.116, Chartwell

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• Good words are worth much, and cost little.

  George Herbert

  Encouragement, Positivity, Cost

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert: With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes”, p.297, [s.n.]

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  Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

  Marcel Proust

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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• Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Motivational, Fitness, Work

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• A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Cute, Mind, Vigorous

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• Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

  Joseph Addison

  Happiness, Inspiration, Health

  "Pray It Forward:daily Meditations". Book by Rowena Holloway and Joyce Bullion, p. 25, 2007.

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• You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

  Lydia M. Child

  Inspirational, Encouraging, People

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• A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

  George Matthew Adams

  Inspirational, Running, Fear

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• Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.

  Aulus Cornelius Celsus

  Music, Fitness, Running

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

  Thomas Fuller

  Happiness, Sad, God

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 49, 1895.

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• There is one thing one has to have either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Happiness, Success

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• The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful

  Swami Vivekananda

  Religious, Firsts, Becoming

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• Give cheerfully. If we're not cheerful, the problem is our heart, and the solution is redirecting our heart, not withholding our giving.

  Randy Alcorn

  Heart, Giving, Problem

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Motivational, Happiness, Work

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• In my travels I have found that those who keep Heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. If the glories of Heaven were more real to us, if we lived less for material things and more for things eternal and spiritual, we would be less easily disturbed by this present life.

  Billy Graham

  Spiritual, Real, Views

  Billy Graham (2011). “Hope for the Troubled Heart: Finding God in the Midst of Pain”, p.55, Thomas Nelson

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• The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful - never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought or anxiety.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Lying, Perfect, Anxiety

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Feb 04, 2017

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• Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Happiness, Motivational Sports, Discipline

  Edwin Percy Whipple (1875). “Success and Its Conditions”, p.198

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• A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

  Beverly Sills

  Happiness, Inner Peace, Care

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• The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.

  Albert Pike

  Eye, Men, Different

  Albert Pike “Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry”, Lulu.com

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• Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

  Marcel Proust

  Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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