| "cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline." »Edwin Percy Whipple |
| "To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age." »Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| "Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success." »Joyce |
| "He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter." »Dr. Isaac Barrow |
| "'A merry Christmas, uncle God save you' cried a cheerful voice. 'Bah' said Scrooge. 'Humbug'" »Charles Dickens |
| "One of the most effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful joy softens more hearts than tears do." »Mme. de Sartory |
| "I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." »Martha Washington |
| "The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies." »John Dryden |
| "To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old." »Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| "A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind." »Jean de La Fontaine |
| "Ae fond kiss, and then we severA farewell, and then foreverDeep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves himMe, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me." »Robert Burns |
| "The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled." »Oliver Goldsmith |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
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