Francis of Assisi Quotes

What comfort there is in a cheerful spirit! how the heart leaps up to meet a sunshiny face, a merry tongue, an even temper, and a heart which either naturally, or, what is better, from conscientious principle, has learned to take all things on their bright side, believing that the Giver of life being all-perfect Love, the best offering we can make to Him is to enjoy to the full what He sends of good, and bear what He allows of evil!

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

It's a divine art to be cheerful.

Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes.

We must be bright and cheerful. Long faces do not make religion. Religion should be the most joyful thing in the world, because it is the best.

Joy has come to live with me. How can I be sad? I do so love Thy presence, which is joy within me.

The game of life looks cheerful when one carries a treasure safe in his heart.

Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper.

The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful

If God is in a life, it doesn't have to be big to be happy and to be important in His kingdom.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

Laughter is God's blessing.

When your primary function is to be happy, then whatever comes to you is irrelevant. Happiness is your true manifestation.

I like to smile. I try to bring happiness on and off the pitch. I don't understand how you can play football without joy.

When you are happy from inside, it will reflect on your face.

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

Divine love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet, it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in itself.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.

O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.