To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends’ shortcomings.

It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder, pessimism an achievement killer.

Don’t worry. Be happy.

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.

The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful – never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought, or anxiety.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

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

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

I am quite a cheerful, dark person. On the outside, I’m optimistic but I expect the worst to happen.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful is but half a man.

People have always complimented me for being cheerful and happy.

Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

I don’t know if I’m relentlessly cheerful… more consistently relaxed.