Joy Quotes

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

Hopeless situations are never hopeless to God.

A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'.

I view it as one of the greatest crimes to shadow the minds of the young with these gloomy superstitions, and with fears of the unknown and the unknowable to poison all their joy in life.

It's a joy to actually be able to control your own music.

Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.

It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day.

I want to take care of people. I want to help people. The maximum joy that I have is when I can create something that makes someone else's life lighter, brighter, or better.

Expression and communication in the peak–experiences tend often to become poetic, mythical, and rhapsodic, as if this were the natural kind of language to express such states of being.

We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.

I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.

The real thing is that sweet joy you feel when you're in the midst of it.

Happiness comes, I know, from some spring within a man — from some curious adjustment to life.

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

Faith allows us to confidently walk with God into a future filled with joy; one that can become an extraordinary and amazing adventure.

When you are in Joy, you are compassionate. When you are in Joy, you are considerate and caring.

Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers - Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And Joy for weary hours.

Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

Philanthropy is the rent we pay for the joy and privilege we have for our space on this earth.

You don't need a scale to tell you whether you're allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness.

Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth.

The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.

Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.

If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal - that is your success.

For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.

Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.

The deep hurt is the mirror image of the deep joy that still awaits you.

If We Sit With An Increasing Stillness Of The BodyThe Mind Gradually Stills And The Heart Is Filled With Quiet Joy

In the depth of the soul is the atman, the oversoul. And that oversoul is really love and compassion, peace, joy, and wisdom.

Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

I get very excited about my double stroller. Every time I look at it, I get a shot of adrenaline and joy because I think, This is real!

If you so choose, each day can be filled with even more joy than the one before. If you so choose, even the most seemingly random events can work in your favor.

We'll always be disappointed if we believe that we can plan for a peak experience and make it happen. True joy can't be anticipated or planned. It just strikes.

I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.

If you'd spent your life being called "Gyles Brandreth", you would crawl across broken glass to achieve the bliss, the simplicity, the purity, the joy of simply being called "Bob".

Joy is the best makeup.

The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an inner sense of peace, joy, and clarity.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.

There are very few joys in life greater than spontaneity. Spontaneity means to be in the moment; it means acting out of your awareness, not acting according to your old conditionings.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness could we but see - and to see we have only to look.

Those who wallow around in the sickness of their immorality and degeneracy get very little joy out of life here and certainly not much promise is held out for them hereafter.