Quotes about Cheerfulness
Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.
— Victor Hugo
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.
— Charles Dickens
The more my heart is parked in a place of thanksgiving and rejoicing, the less room I have for grumpiness.
— Lysa TerKeurst
if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
— Romans 12:8
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greater are our affections, the deeper are our afflictions; and the more we love, the more we have to weep. And what is the best receipt for cheerfulness in such a world as this? How shall we get through this valley of tears with least pain? I know no better receipt than the habit of taking everything to God in prayer.
— JC Ryle
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
— Joseph Addison
God has blessed me with the gift of cheerfulness.
— Deborah Raney
No man can be merry unless he is serious.
— GK Chesterton
A cheerful heart is good medicine.
— John Maxwell
A Chinese proverb I came across gives insight: "Assume a cheerfulness you do not feel, and shortly you feel the cheerfulness you assumed." Or as editor and publisher Elbert Hubbard says, "Be pleasant until 10 a.m. and the rest of the day will take care of itself." When you get up in the morning, you need to remind yourself of the decision you've made to have a positive attitude.
— John Maxwell
In another letter he says: "A man may be constitutionally meek as the lamb, constitutionally kind as the spaniel, constitutionally cheerful as the lark, and constitutionally modest as the owl; but these things are not sanctification. No sweet, humble, heavenly tempers, no sanctifying graces, are found but from the cross.
— JC Ryle