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Bible Quotes

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge. (Proverbs 29:7) ESV Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:1-4) ESV But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (Matthew 6:33) ESV Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you. (Luke 6:38) ESV And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (Luke 12:15) ESV In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” (Acts 20:35) ESV The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:6,7) ESV But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? (1 John 3:17) ESV

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
--Thomas Fuller – English Clergyman 1608-1661

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.
--Charles Kingsley – English Clergyman 1819-1875

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
--Edwin Percy Whipple – American Writer 1819-1886

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
--Joseph Addison – English Writer 1672-1719

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.
--Charlotte Bronte – British Novelist 1816-1855

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
--William Feather – American Author – 1889-1991

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
--Aristotle – Greek Philosopher 384 BC – 322 BC

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
--Michel de Montaigne – French Philosopher 1533-1592

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
--Thomas S. Monson – American Clergyman Born 1927

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.
--H. G. Wells – English Author 1866-1946

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
--Thomas Carlyle – Scottish Philosopher 1795-1881

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
--King Solomon - Royalty

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
--Martha Washington – American First Lady 1731-1802

If I was going to be broke I decided I might as well be with actors as anyone else. They were cheerful idiots and seemed to take it better.
--Peter Finch – English Actor 1916-1977

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.
--James Freeman Clarke – American Clergyman 1810-1888⁶