The Negro people of America... have cut our forests tilled our fields built our railroads fought our battles and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith a grateful heart a cheerful spirit and an undivided loyalty .

As might be supposed my parents were quite poor but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life as indeed over anything.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage disappointment with cheerfulness and trial with humility.

Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control diligence and strength of will cheerfulness and content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

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

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

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