Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Look twice before you leap.

Look twice before you leap.

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead...

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too...

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like...

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like...