Cheerful Quotes - 4
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The abundance, the solidity, and the splendor of the results already achieved by science are well fitted to inspire us with a cheerful confidence in the soundness of its method.
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All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him, and rejoice.
— 1560 Daye's Psalter,'All People That on Earth Do Dwell'.
The cheerful bird of youth flutters away I hardly noticed how it came or went.
— c.1100 Ruba iya t, stanza103 (translated by Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah,1972).
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in human nature; by a strong sense of God's love; by long and disciplined realization of the atoning love of Christ; only thus can we get a free, manly, large, princely spirit of forgiveness.
frederick william robertson— P. 252. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
joseph addison— No. 192. (The Tatler (1711–1714))
For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?
thomas gray— St. 22. (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750))
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
Solon— Diogenes Laërtius (trans. C. D. Yonge) The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (1853), "Solon", sect. 13, p. 29.
Jehovah is the Lord of the universe, and no responsible creature can feel itself in its right place except in cheerful loyalty to its Creator. And Jehovah is the Joy of the universe, and no intelligent being but must feel a great void in its affections, till once it love the Lord its God with all its strength and mind.
— P. 610. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content.
john gay— John Gay, Rural Sports, Canto II, line 148.
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too: Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.
john armstrong— John Armstrong, Art of Preserving Health (1744), Book IV, line 310
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, translation of Virgil , Aeneid , vi, 126 ~
— used 15 October 2014, proposed by DanielTom
A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!" cried a cheerful voice. "Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"
— Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol.
All the untidyactivity continues, awful but cheerful.
Elizabeth Bishop— 1955 'The Bight'.
He [the artist] ought to have 'these powerful organs of expression' — colour and chiaroscuro — entirely at his command, that he may use them in every possible form, as well as that he may do with the most perfect freedom; therefore, whether he wishes to make the subject of a joyous, solemn, or meditative character, by flinging over it the cheerful aspect which the sun bestows, by a proper disposition of shade, or by the appearances that beautify its arising or its setting, a true "General Effect" should never be lost sight of.
john constable— Text for the 'Old Sarum', print in 'English Landscape' 1835/36, as quoted in Leslie Parris and Ian Fleming-Williams, Constable (Tate Gallery Publications, London, 1993), p. 380
In the past, the Mongols and Tibetans were divided as lords and slaves, but the two chairmen [Ma Qi and Ma Bufang], insisting on the principle of equality of all nationalities in our country, corrected the absurdity and astutely reformed it, which is really a perceptive measure greatly significant for the frontiers. Better still, in September when cattle and sheep are plump, people cheerful, making the lake worship ritual is really a celebration, analagous to the Mid-Autumn Festival in agricultural society, celebrating the harvest. The nomadic nationalities can now all rejoice without division in land and region.
Uradyn Erden Bulag— Dilemmas The Mongols at China's edge: history and the politics of national unity (2002, p. 55)
Soon as Aurora drives away the night,
And edges eastern clouds with rosy light,
The healthy huntsman, with the cheerful horn,
Summons the dogs, and greets the dappled morn.
— John Gay, Rural Sports, Canto II, line 93.
He sows June fields with clover, and the world Broadcasts with little common kindnesses. The plain good souls He sends us, who fulfill Life's homely duties in the daily path With cheerful heart, ambitious of no more Than to supply the wants of friend and kin, Yet serve God's higher love to human hearts; Giving a secret sweetness to the home, The hidden fragrance of a kindly heart, The simple beauty of a useful life, That never dazzles, and that never tires.
samuel longfellow— p. 544. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
I have always been I think any student of history almost inevitably is a cheerful pessimist.
jacques barzun— Quoted in "Jacques Barzun '27: Columbia Avatar" by Thomas Vinciguerra, Columbia Today (January 2006)
The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of one as evidence of unsoundness, irresponsibility.
Irving Kristol— Wall Street Journal, November 18, 1985
At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed; Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze; While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard, Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
Oliver Goldsmith— Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller (1764), line 191.
In the past, the Mongols and Tibetans were divided as lords and slaves, but the two chairmen [Ma Qi and Ma Bufang], insisting on the principle of equality of all nationalities in our country, corrected the absurdity and astutely reformed it, which is really a perceptive measure greatly significant for the frontiers. Better still, in September when cattle and sheep are plump, people cheerful, making the lake worship ritual is really a celebration, analagous to the Mid-Autumn Festival in agricultural society, celebrating the harvest. The nomadic nationalities can now all rejoice without division in land and region.
Uradyn Erden Bulag— Dilemmas The Mongols at China's edge: history and the politics of national unity (2002, p. 55)
A cheerful wife is the spice of life. (Strauss, 1998 p. 20)Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. (Strauss, 1994 p. 655)The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.
— Meaning: "Working hard for others one may neglect one's own needs or the needs of those closest to him."
— Paczolay, Gyula (1997). "7". European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese. Veszprémi Nyomda. p. 65.
