Cheerfulness – Zitate

Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous, a spirit all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, beautiful because bright.

— Thomas Carlyle

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast.

— Massinger

Sweetness of spirit and sunshine is famous for dispelling fears and difficulties; patience is a mighty help to the burden-bearer.

— James Hamilton

The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.

— Parke Godwin

  ​ You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?

— L. M. Child

If good people would but make their goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many would they win to the good cause!

— Archbishop Usher

I praise Thee while my days go on; I love Thee while my days go on! Through dark and dearth, through fire and frost, With emptied arms and treasure lost, I thank Thee while my days go on.

— Mrs. E. B. Browning

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

— Fuller

A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand, I march on in haste through an enemy's land; The road may be rough, but it cannot be long; And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.

— H. F. Lyte