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Cheerfulness is a gift we give ourselves. For instructions on the use and preservation of that gift, consider the following helpful quotations:

On the Wisdom of Maintaining a Cheerful Disposition

"Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. A determination to be of good cheer can help us and those around us to enjoy life more fully."
Barbara W. Winder

"The people whom I have seen succeed best in life have always been cheerful and hopeful people who went about their business with a smile on their faces."
Charles Kingsley

"The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regard. Cheerfulness is the offshoot of goodness."
Christian Bovée

"The day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating concerns and duties….Help us perform them with laughter and kind faces; let cheerfulness abound with industry."
Robert Louis Stevenson

The Power of a Positive Outlook

"Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a ray of brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother of disquietude!"
Washington Irving

"A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition."
William Arthur Ward

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."
William Makepeace Thackeray

"Happiness is a matter of your own doing. You can be happy or you can be unhappy. It’s just according to the way you look at things."
Walt Disney

"Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness."
Thomas Carlyle

Cultivating Cheerfulness

"Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons."
Ruth Ann Schabacker

"The greatest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness."
Michel de Montaigne

"You have not fulfilled every duty, unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant."
Charles Buxton

"You're going to have to learn to fake cheerfulness. Believe it or not, eventually that effort will pay off: you'll actually start feeling happier."
Jean Bach

"Make each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age without regret, and life a beautiful success."
Louisa May Alcott

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