Thomas Love Peacock Quotes

You are certainly one of the joys of life for all who have ever come within a mile of you.

How can you be dour when you have a tiny duck?

How lovely goodness is in those who, stepping lightly, go smiling through the world.

I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.

I don't leave a room unless I leave a smile. I want to leave them laughing.

I would say that SpongeBob, at his core, is this optimistic, loving best friend. Getting to play him every day has sort of rubbed off on me and improved my life.

It was my mom who told me, "Ernie, if you make even one person happy with your smile or a funny thing you did every day, you'll have accomplished a great deal." And that's all I've ever tried to do.

Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison.

I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.

Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

A Cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around.

If one person is happier because you have lived, it is all worth it. And if you are that person, God is well pleased.

The value of a smile... It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.

A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted.

As the visit of one we love makes the whole day pleasant, so is it illumined and made fair by a brave and beautiful thought.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else's face.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.

I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.

I want to be remembered as a great friend, an outstanding father, an amazing husband, and a good soul who always strived to serve God and man. And during that time of service on earth, I would like people to think, "He brought joy, love, opportunity, and fulfillment to millions of people."

Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts from the hand are silver and gold, but the heart gives that which neither silver nor gold can buy. To be full of goodness, full of cheerfulness, full of sympathy, full of helpful hope, causes a man to carry blessings of which he is himself as unconscious as a lamp is of its own shining. Such a one moves on human life as stars move on dark seas to bewildered mariners; as the sun wheels, bringing all the seasons with him from the south.

As long as I'm surrounded by people, love, and fun - 'cause my friends are the silliest idiots in the world and I love them for that. They kind of make it easy for me to forget about the bad things in life very quickly without even trying.

I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.