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Cheerfulness: Quotations from Burning Words

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 burdenbearer.— JAMES HAMILTON

The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.— MONTAIGNE

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