Quotes about joy

The effect of overworking we miss sacred moments.

Mediation on word of God leads to renewal of mind rekindle of spirit and revival of soul.

Graceful living fullness of life.

Joy is not a substitute for sex sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.

Feelings are something you have not something you are.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

There was still no likelihood that we could make a living from dance. We were doing it because we loved it... We realized how full we felt we were surrounded by music and dancing and joy.

I like joy I want to be joyous. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that`s all I want. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.

Enjoyment of Jesus is not like icing on the cake it’s like powder in the shell.

The optimistic nature finds joy in the very feeling for life the pessimistic nature finds a feeling for life only in joy.

Embrace love it’s the best gift you’ll ever find in life. Lift your joy off the ground by loving what you do and doing what you love.

Consider the fruit of the Spirit that is what the Christian life should be.

Our play is not something separate from our spirituality it is itself a sign of the presence of God in the world.

Let us do without soldiers. The joy built upon successful slaughter is not the right kind of joy it will not do it is fearful and it is trivial.

...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups...

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What am I to do on this earth? The choice rests with me: suffer or enjoy. Whither will suffering lead me? To nothingness but I shall have suffered. Whither will enjoyment lead me? To nothingness but I shall have enjoyed myself.

Be grateful that yesterday ended well be thankful that today begun well be joyful that today will end beautifully. Live this pattern of life every day!

I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond and I wanted to bring gifts to the envious and tell them that I am worthless.

Happiness has no time limits or conditions the only requirement is to give it away.

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.

Joy is much sweeter for having known sorrow and triumph for having tasted defeat.

Be compassionate bring joy to sadness.

Be purpose oriented and remember that the ultimate source of joy is in giving the ultimate purpose of life is happiness.

There are two kinds of spirit either light or darkness.

Everyday is a gift and a very special day so let us celebrate with joy and profound gratitude.

The real you is not you the real you is what is within you. What is behind your joy or your melancholy. What gives you the reason to ponder. What moves or stops you. What makes you you is you

True joy does not discount real suffering it shines all the greater in the midst of it.

The freedom to talk with God and of God is being opened by God's joy. It cannot be forced. For true awareness cannot be coercive it does not come about by either authoritarian pressure or the force of logic. It presupposes liberty. Being aware of God is an art and--if the term may be permitted--a noble game.

There is no way to your personal joy if you hand over the keys to someone who is not ready to open the door for you. You have the right to choose your friends do it carefully!

You can’t put a price on fun it’s always priceless

True saints know that the place where all the joy comes from is far deeper than that of feelings joy comes from the place of the very presence of God. Joy is God and God is joy and joy doesn't negate all other emotions - joy transcends all other emotions.

I will be glad to go. There is no poetry here. It is as I have always set forth: joy comes of its own free will it cannot be belabored.

Your happiness is meaningless unless it is linked with the total liberation of people around you! You matter others also matter! Live life so well!

Tears are my joy to hide my painlike thunder hides the sound of rain.

The winners of life's game always set and have goals in focus that they score to fulfill their purposes of existence and making the planet earth to celebrate joy the losers make life bitter for others by tormenting their senses of joy and peace!

Trust is not hoping your partner will love you it is KNOWING that they DO.

Happy is what I feel Joy is what I experience.

Happiness isn't reserved for privileged individuals. It is a state of mind that can neither be bought nor stolen nor traded it is a liberty available to anyone.

The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure grief did not obliterate joy.

I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I'm sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

Every rose is longing for joy and love every rose know the language of the heart.

Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Daring faith daring life.Daring life graceful living.Graceful living fullness of life.

The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we're too religious, we won't be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him.

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too.

When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.

Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!

Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough.

I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy they heed not our expectancy But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.

Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.

Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units. Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.

I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.

Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.

Like us, animals feel love, joy, fear and pain, but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to speak on their behalf ensuring their well-being and lives are respected and protected.

Oh yes," said Jana. "You want the birdbath." She let him down onto the rim of the birdbath, then watched as he dipped his head, lowered his chest into the water, and raised it. Having finished his bath, he did a dance of sheer joy, flapping his wings and shaking off the water in a circle of drops. "He enjoys life," said a voice. Mr. Powell the optometrist, a closed umbrella in hand, was letting his two dachshunds chase each other around the park. "As do your dogs," said Jana. "Yes," said Mr. Pow

Great spirit, Great soul.

Fear will paralyze you and prohibit growth

The sense of the joy in anything is the sense of Christ.

Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions and habits and demeanors and convictions and beliefs. The more admirable the hero is and the more intense your admiration is, the more profound will be your transformation. In the case of Jesus, he is infinitely admirable, and our admiration rises to the most absolute worship. Therefore, when we behold him as we should, the change is profound.

...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator.

My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day of my life with a smile on my face.

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double. And that is life. A crust and a corner that makes love precious, With a smile to warm and tears to refresh us, And joy seems sweeter when cares come after, And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter. And that is life.

Joy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind one it had been there. It was happiness that made one smile, then.

Joy is a choice, not an outcome.

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy. We do not live alone - in our city, our nation, or our world. There is no dividing line between our prosperity and our neighbor's wretchedness. 'Love they neighbor' is more than a divine truth. It is a pattern for perfection.

Assuming is a form of giving away your power to another regarding an outcome that concerns you.

Have peace in knowing, dear ones, that we are all composed of energy. Energy never dies. It is always changing and transforming.

When an Angel whispers in your ear, it is your heart that hears thy message.

It may be difficult, but there will be times we need to pick up our brooms and do some spiritual house cleaning. It is through this process that we find our true relationships, our true heart, our core integrity, and our life’s purpose.

TRUTH serves a great purpose for all that want to see. It will help uncover your life’s mission in order to reveal what your soul wants you to be.

Conscious positive wording assists us in maintaining our joy and a positive outlook on life. It allows us to make the choice to be consciously joyful and consciously grateful for all life experiences.

The spiritual things that you may not be able to see and feel are just as real as the things you can. God puts faith in place so you can believe in Him and all things spiritual without have it set before you in physical form.

Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.

The true joy and wonder of life can only be yours if you follow your own intuition aiming to achieve your bliss.

Towards the end of the season it is not bad to have the body. To have experienced joy as the mere lifting of hunger is not to have known it less.

beauty such as theirs was something with which one lived joyously — racing with the wind, with storm and snow, dancing in the frost or among the golden wattles, galloping, galloping in the spring sun. Life might be dangerous, with beauty that was so difficult to hide, but life was always and ever had been very, very good

If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen.

I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

The sixth gift is Joy. May it keep your heart open and filled with light.

Sing before the spirits and dance with the earth deitiesAnd you will be able to compose your own tune.Then you and I, united, will clap hands joyously,Singing 'tum-tiddly-um tum-tiddly-um-tum.

Do whatever you do joyfully, because discipline - the true meaning of the word - is characterized by doing something with joy. Even the little things: see them as an opportunity, a blessing, a meditation, as spiritual practice. Then, even if it's difficult, it will be good. If you use hardships in a proper way, they can even bring peace

To laugh continually is to never laugh at all. For it takes the periodic sound of sorrow from which to distinguish the sound of joy.

Extreme joy and extreme sorrow are indistinguishable beyond a certain point. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Because life is a symphony it must have its C Minor. Days there be when we hear only a discord of sharps and flats, and we wonder whether harmony will ever be restored. On other days we hear only an ominous, deep strain which seems to say that hope is fled. But why this chill despair? Symphonies are a blending of many tones, high and low, over and under, major and minor. One day cannot make a life a whole any more than shadows can make a picture or minor notes a symphony. We need to hear life's

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy

Wherefore is there ice and snow, chilling winds and bitter nights? Is it to mock the earth for its sunshine? No, not so! We forget that sunlight is impossible without shadows; that for every day there is a night; that for every joy there is a pain; that for every laugh there is a sob. Progress is never a straight line upward; always it is down and then around.

Other people's sorrows and joys have a way of reminding us of our own; we partly empathize with them because we ask ourselves: What about me? What does that say about my life, my pains, my anguish?

As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do we know how much of the pleasures even of life we owe to the intermingled sorrows. Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths, although deepest truth must be deepest joy.

For in the sorrow, there is also our happiness.