13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

UPDATED: June 24, 2024
PUBLISHED: December 14, 2017

Cheerfulness is a multiplier. If you’ve ever been in the presence of a happy person, you know that a good laugh can spread the spirit of joy far and wide—and when you give that joy and positivity to others, you receive the same blessing in return.

Related: 3 Ways to Spread Positivity

When you go out into the world, let your energy light up someone’s day. Have a cheerful spirit that casts itself beyond your reach, and you’ll feel the amazing impact of brightening the lives around you.

Get your positivity fix with these 13 inspiring quotes.

13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

1. “I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.” —George Matthew Adams


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

2. “It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder, pessimism an achievement killer.” —Orison Swett Marden


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

3. “It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.” —Jimmy Buffett


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

4. “Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life.” —Jean Paul


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

5. “You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.” —William Rotsler


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

6. “The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.” —Helen Keller


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

7. “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” —Mark Twain


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

8. “The energy you give off is the energy you receive. I really think that, so I’m always myself—jumping, dancing, singing around, trying to cheer everybody up.” —Cara Delevingne


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

9. “The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.” —Michel de Montaigne


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

10. “Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.” —Charles Dickens


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

11. “And so of cheerfulness, or a good temper—the more it is spent, the more of it remains.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

12. “Be cheerful—the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.” —Benjamin Franklin


13 Uplifting Quotes for a Cheerful Spirit

13. “You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others?” —Lydia M. Child

Related: 13 Happy Quotes to Lift Your Spirits

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