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He who walks through a great city to find subjects for weeping, may, God knows, find plenty at every corner to wring his heart; but let such a man walk on his course, and enjoy his grief alone — we are not of those who would accompany him. The miseries of us poor earthdwellers gain no alleviation from the sympathy of those who merely hunt them out to be pathetic over them. The weeping philosopher too often impairs his eyesight by his woe, and becomes unable from his tears to see the remedies for the evils which he deplores. Thus it will often be found that the man of no tears is the truest philanthropist, as he is the best physician who wears a cheerful face, even in the worst of cases.
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds (1841)
Added on 19-Aug-16 | Last updated 19-Aug-16
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Topics: cheer, crying, grief, misery, objectivity, philanthropy, poor, positive attitude, positive thinking, smiling, tears
More quotes by Mackay, Charles You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest efforts to confer that pleasure on others? You will find half the battle is gained, if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, activist, journalist, suffragist
Looking Toward Sunset (1874, 10th ed.)
Added on 12-Aug-16 | Last updated 12-Aug-16
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Topics: cheer, cheerfulness, contagious, mood, positive thinking, refreshment, upbeat
More quotes by Child, Lydia Maria “Life is like a sewer — what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” It’s always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today in these trying times of crisis and universal brouhaha.
Tom Lehrer (b. 1928) American mathematician, satirist, songwriter
Introduction to “We Will All Go Together When We Go,”
An Evening (Wasted) with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Added on 3-Mar-16 | Last updated 3-Mar-16
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Topics: aphorism, crisis, modern world, optimism, pessimism, positive thinking
More quotes by Lehrer, Tom YODA: No! Try not. Do — or do not. There is no try.
Lawrence Kasdan (b. 1949) American screenwriter, director, producer
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [with George Lucas and Leigh Brackett]
Added on 5-Feb-16 | Last updated 5-Feb-16
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Topics: accomplish, act, attempt, attitude, do, endeavor, intent, intention, positive attitude, positive thinking, try, will
More quotes by Kasdan, Lawrence We [Americans] cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and that at the eleventh hour something gloriously triumphant will prevent the worst before it happens.
Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) American drama critic and journalist
Once Around the Sun, “January 1” (1951)
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Added on 12-Feb-14 | Last updated 21-Dec-22
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Topics: confidence, faith, naivete, optimism, positive thinking
More quotes by Atkinson, Brooks When you face the sun, the shadows always fall behind you.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author and lecturer
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Variant: "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." Keller experts at the American Federation for the Blind have been unable to find a source for this quotation.
Added on 28-Oct-13 | Last updated 16-Jun-14
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Topics: bright side of life, optimism, positive thinking
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