#cheerfulness

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. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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I love those who can smile in trouble... ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#attitude #cheerfulness #attitude

I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me." He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#cheerfulness #companionship #balance

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

— Thomas Fuller

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The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#capacity #cheerfulness #courage #disappointment #face

Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#cheerfulness #humor #merriment #optimism #pleasantness

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

— Edwin Percy Whipple

#cheerfulness #discipline #most #people #result

Nothing else in all life is such a maker of joy and cheer as the privilege of doing good. ↗

— J.R. Miller

#joy #life

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#back #cheerfulness #extra #height #inches

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue. ↗

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

#cheerfulness #fostering #great #help #itself