Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.

Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.

Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!

Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!

The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.

The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

He makes a July's day short as December,
And with his varying childness cures in me
Thoughts read more

He makes a July's day short as December,
And with his varying childness cures in me
Thoughts that would thick my blood.

Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer read more

Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness ;there is. Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and immortality. Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.

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.

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring read more

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours