The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

As long as there is a chance of the world getting through its
troubles, I hold that a reasonable read more

As long as there is a chance of the world getting through its
troubles, I hold that a reasonable man must behave as though he
were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness was not
justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline

I doubt anyone will ever see -- anywhere -- a memorial to a pessimist.

I doubt anyone will ever see -- anywhere -- a memorial to a pessimist.

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied read more

A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.

Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!

Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!