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• Now is the month of Maying, When merry lads are playing. Fa la la... Each with his bonny lass, upon the greeny grass. Fa la la... The Spring clad all in gladness, Doth laugh at winter's sadness. Fa la la.

  Thomas Morley

  Spring, Sadness, Winter

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• Follow Christ in the denial of all the wills of self, and then all is put away that separates you from God; the heaven born new creature will come to life in you, which alone knows and enjoys the things of God, and has his daily food of gladness in that manifold blessed, and blessed, which Christ preached on the mount.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Blessed

  William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.) (1806). “Selections from the Works of ... W. Law, making a guide to rest, in belief of the Gospel, and in obedience to the Divine Law”, p.581

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• When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.

  Ben Jonson

  Grief, Men, Enemy

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3198, Delphi Classics

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• Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need

  Parker J. Palmer

  Journey, Needs, World

  Parker J. Palmer (1999). “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation”, p.36, John Wiley & Sons

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• Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end;
  by his life he brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend.
  Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall;
  this the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.

  Charles Wesley

  Christmas, Meaningful, Sadness

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• All nights are sacred nights to make confession and resolve and prayer; all days are sacred days to wake new gladness in the sunny air.

  Helen Hunt

  Prayer, Night, Air

  H.H. (Helen Hunt) (1887). “Helen Jackson's Poems”

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• Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise—Vivian

  D.E. Stevenson

  Talent, Despise, Unselfishness

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• Christians are meant to have the same vocation as their King, that of cross-bearers. It is this conscience of a high calling and of partnership with Jesus which brings gladness in tribulations, which makes Christians enter prisons for their faith with the joy of a bridegroom entering the bridal room.

  Richard Wurmbrand

  Christian, Jesus, Kings

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• Although your past has been painful devastating or cruel God has promised to be a Restorer and a Redeemer. He says He will "give us gladness in proportion to our former misery " and "replace the evil years with good".

  Sue Augustine

  Past, Years, Evil

  Sue Augustine (2005). “When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back”, p.46, Harvest House Publishers

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• The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need most to do and (b) that the world most needs to have done....the place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet

  Frederick Buechner

  Needs, Done, World

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• Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. . . . . For He is our childhood's pattern, Day by day like us He grew, He was little, weak, and helpless, Tears and smiles like us He knew; And He feeleth for our sadness, And He shareth in our gladness.

  Cecil Frances Alexander

  Christian, Children, Sadness

  Cecil Frances Alexander, “Once in Royal David's City”

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• [My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of new problems to solve. I took his advice very seriously and have been glad ever since that he did.

  Luis Walter Alvarez

  Father, Reading, Eye

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• To explain new phenomena, that is my task; and how happy is the scientist when he finds what he so diligently sought, a pleasure that gladdens the heart.

  Carl Wilhelm Scheele

  Happy, Heart, Science

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• Tender pauses speak
  The overflow of gladness,
  When words are all too weak.

  William C. Bryant

  Speak, Weak, Overflow

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• Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.

  Mark Twain

  Feet, Long, Yards

  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ch. 2 (1876)

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• My friends, ask gladness from God. Be glad as children, as birds in the sky. And let man's sin not disturb you in your efforts, do not feat that it will dampen your endeavor and keep it from being fulfilled, do not say, Sin is strong, impiety is strong, the bad environment is strong, and we are lonely and powerless, the bad environment will dampen us and keep our good endeavor from being fulfilled. Flee from such despondency, my children! There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for the sins of men.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Lonely, Strong, Children

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• The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the Sabbath forms the pinnacle of the story. Like the dramatic kiss of a soldier returning from war, this is the moment we’re not meant to miss. In choosing rest as the grand finale, God reveals himself as one driven by neither anxiety nor fear but one who finds gladness in both the work of creation and the creation of work.

  Margaret Feinberg

  War, Kissing, Perspective

  FaceBook post by Margaret Feinberg from Dec 02, 2012

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• We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

  Charles Fillmore

  Praise, Creation, Increase

  Charles Fillmore (1967). “Dynamics for Living: A Topical Compilation of Essential Fillmore Teachings”, p.142, BookBaby

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• Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness.

  Helen Keller

  Happiness, Kindness, Sadness

  Helen Keller (1920). “Out of the Dark: Essays, Lectures, and Addresses on Physical and Social Vision”

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• The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.

  Bliss Carman

  Endurance, Events, Needs

  Bliss Carman (1903). “The Kinship of Nature”

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• Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Honor, Doe, Stakes

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• We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Heart, Sorrow, Evening

  Abraham Lincoln (1991). “Great Speeches”, p.109, Courier Corporation

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• My testimony has been my anchor and my stay, my satisfaction in times of joy and gladness, my comfort in times of sorrow and discouragement.

  Amy B. Lyman

  Courage, Anchors, Joy

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• No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Life, Grief, Hands

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• No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Moving, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.61, GENERAL PRESS

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