#wondrous

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

#cheerful #cheerfulness #endurance #longer #man

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded. ↗

— Howard K. Smith

#anywhere #cable #disregarded #italian #lightly

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. ↗

— James Beattie

#deemed #him #mad #some #wise

In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living. ↗

— Luther Burbank

#evolution #forward #happy #healthy #i

Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#answered #come #dry #expect #hope

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#also #behold #communications #distribution #information

How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! ↗

— Edmund Waller

#how #part #share #small #sweet

The world is still a fantastic and wondrous place to live. ↗

— Seal

#live #place #still #wondrous #world

Well. I think it's safe to say that, in my absence, the power grabbing and backstabbing and political intrigue has officially reached an all-time Otherworld high. ↗

— Lesley Livingston

#humor #unseelie #wondrous-strange #humor

Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight - for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created. ↗

— Gordon Cooper

#being #created #especially #father #flight