“Though poor, is yet cheerful; though rich, loves the rules of propriety.”
Confucius
CheerfulnessCharacter
Positive Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · POSITIVE
Positive Quotes
Read 200 of the best positive quotes on happiness, gratitude, cheerfulness and a good attitude from Helen Keller, Emerson, Franklin and more.
“Journeys end in lovers meeting, every wise man's son doth know.”
William Shakespeare
LoveHope
“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in every thing.”
William Shakespeare
NaturePositive Thinking
“'Tis better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content, than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow.”
William Shakespeare
ContentmentHumility
“In thy presence is fulness of joy.”
The Bible (Psalm 16:11)
JoyFaith
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
The Bible (Nehemiah 8:10)
JoyStrength
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
The Bible (Proverbs 16:24)
Kind WordsHealth
“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.”
The Bible (Matthew 6:34)
WorryToday
“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
The Bible (1 Timothy 6:6)
ContentmentFaith
“The cloud stood humbly in a corner of the sky. The morning crowned it with splendour.”
Rabindranath Tagore
HumilityMorning
“These little thoughts are the rustle of leaves; they have their whisper of joy in my mind.”
Rabindranath Tagore
JoyThoughts
“The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.”
Swami Vivekananda
CheerfulnessSpirituality
“Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every Door.”
Emily Dickinson
HopeOpenness
“I am satisfied - I see, dance, laugh, sing.”
Walt Whitman
JoyContentment
“And 'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes.”
William Wordsworth
NatureJoy
“Arise and drink your bliss, for every thing that lives is holy!”
William Blake
JoyLife
“I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.”
Charles Dickens
ChangeNew Beginnings
“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”
Jane Austen
GratitudeHappiness
“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
L. M. Montgomery
New BeginningsHope
“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
L. M. Montgomery
AttitudeHappiness
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
L. M. Montgomery
GratitudeSeasons
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett
PerspectiveNature
“Life is to be fortified by many friendships.”
Sydney Smith
FriendshipLife
“How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!”
Thomas Jefferson
WorryWisdom
“Take things always by their smooth handle.”
Thomas Jefferson
AttitudeCalm