A Cheerful Mind

Words to Inspire and Cheer

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Come what may, I will tell the truth.

Princess Kitty. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, 1877

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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Stiva Oblonsky. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, 1877

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It is not evil which conquers evil, but only love.

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, relaying in a letter to a friend what her father, Tsar Nicholas II, bid the family remember when they were under house arrest in Tolbolsk in 1917. Such echoes Romans 12:21 - “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

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Whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are honest and of good report, think on these things.

Philippians 4:8

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We all just have to do the best we can to help each other.

Tom Hiddleston, TMZ Golden Globes Interview, 8th January 2017

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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:7

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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, 1864

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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Ephesians 4:2

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Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, 1902

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To live is to be courageous, to believe in yourself is bold.

Richard Adams, Watership Down, 1972

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Be kind to animals and birds, and read all you can.

Richard Phillotson. Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, 1895

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Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.

Mary Anne Radmacher, Courage Doesn't Always Roar, 2009

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You blossom under kindness, don’t you? Like a rose.

Sylvain Reynard, Gabriel’s Inferno, 2012

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Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

Proverbs 16:24

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The only way anyone can live in peace is if they’re prepared to forgive

The Twelfth Doctor. s09e08 The Zygon Inversion, Doctor Who, 2015

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And all the windows of my heart I open to the day.

John Greenleaf Whittier, My Psalm, 1859

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From caring comes courage

Lao Tzu