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• I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

  Martha Washington

  Happiness, Happy, Attitude

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• Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Happiness, Gratitude

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.140, Harvard University Press

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• Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Personality, Matter, States

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Shirley: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Happiness, Charm, Charisma

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• The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Happiness, Certain, Cheerfulness

  Michel de Montaigne, Bayle St. John (1866). “Essays [tr. by Cotton”, p.235

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• I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.

  Samuel Pepys

  Happiness, Men, Done

  'Diary' 13 October 1660

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• Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

  Josh Billings

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

  John Selden

  Happiness, Happy, Marriage

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• The sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there. If such conduct does not make you soon feel cheerful, nothing else on that occasion can.

  William James

  Happiness, Path, Speak

  "Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals".

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• The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.

  Plutarch

  God, Gratitude, Heart

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• Be cheerful; wipe thine eyes: Some falls are means the happier to arise

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Mean, Eye

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.116

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• Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Good Morning, Nature, Good Day

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.61, Graphic Arts Books

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• A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

  Norman Douglas

  Attitude, Believe, Men

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• The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.

  Rita Dove

  Thinking, Shadow, Sound

  Rita Dove, Earl G. Ingersoll (2003). “Conversations with Rita Dove”, p.141, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Secular Music, Age, Literature

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• A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Happiness, Weather, Healthy

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• There is certainly a red for everyone.

  Christian Dior

  Red, Scarlet, Crimson

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• I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Cheer, Mean, Thinking

  "Thatcher Put the "Great" Back in Great Britain" by Jack Kelly, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 14, 2013.

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• Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

  Charles Dickens

  Life, Contentment, Looks

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• Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give.

  Julian of Norwich

  Compassion, Giving, Cost

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• Be cheerful in all that you do. Live joyfully. Live happily. Live enthusiastically, knowing that God does not dwell in gloom and melancholy, but in light and love.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Love, Happiness, Light

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Vices, Politeness, Cheerfulness

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “Beyond Good and Evil”, p.179, Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Don't get me wrong. I like Disney World. The rest rooms are clean enough for neurosurgery, and the employees say things like "Howdy, folks!" and actually seem to mean it. You wonder: Where do they get these people? My guess: 1952. I think old Walt realized, way back then, that there would eventually be a shortage of cheerful people, so he put all the residents of south western Nebraska into a giant freezer with a huge picture of Jiminy Cricket on the outside, and the corporation has been thawing them out as needed ever since.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humor, Mean

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.69, Crown Archetype

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• There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them. ---Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.

  Mother Teresa

  Pain, Kindness, Loneliness

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• With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

  Max Ehrmann

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Max Ehrmann (2003). “Desiderata: A Survival Guide for Life”, p.10, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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