Cheerfulness

Cheerfulness is the mainspring of discipline, and the desire to reward merit while crime is held in execration, ought ever to be the delight of the officer.

The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

Therefore I thought that we Scouts might add one more to these seven Christian virtues -- namely Cheerfulness,

Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899

"'American Idol' Judge Annoyed by Utahns 'Cheerfulness" -- headline,

Pliability Journalism 2009

"Cheerfulness," says Ruskin, "is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life."

Cheerfulness as a Life Power Orison Swett Marden 1887

"Cheerfulness," says Sir John Byles, "is eminently conducive to health both in body and mind."

How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions 1884

Cheerfulness did not come easily, since he was in a locked mental hospital ward and I was usually inside a heavily guarded hotel in Baghdad, where there were daily bombings and shooting.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

Cheerfulness did not come easily, since he was in a locked mental hospital ward and I was usually inside a heavily guarded hotel in Baghdad, where there were daily bombings and shooting.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

Cheerfulness, reflective introspection, or a heightened sense of hope?

Prison uses creative programme to reduce reoffending 2010

Cheerfulness, as Barbara Ehrenreich pointed out in her searing dissection of the American tyranny of positive thinking, Smile or Die, can be not just sinister but dangerous.

Christina Patterson: Heaven knows we're miserable now 2010

Cheerfulness would be my choice if I needed to chose only one.

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