Joy Quotes

Only the soul that knows the mighty grief can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come to stretch out spaces in the heart for joy.

Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning...the faithful horse has been with us always.

Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.

Give my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon, My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.

Pain shared is pain lessened; joy shared is joy increased. Thus do we refute entropy.

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy.

In fact, isn't it a joy - there is hardly a greater one - to find a new book, a living book, and to know that it will remain with you while life lasts?

The joy of motherhood comes in moments. ... Families need unstructured time when relationships can deepen and real parenting can take place. Take time to listen, to laugh, and to play together.

I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys.

Reggae is music of love. It has joy and pain, but it feels good.

Showing joy by jumping up and down and clapping goes away at some point between pre-school and being old enough to go to orgies.

Your work is to go forth into this physical environment looking for things that are a vibrational match to joy, connecting to Source Energy, and then following with the inspired action.

Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives.

We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and indeed perhaps more.

Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

Being alone in nature is another way to feel the joy of beauty - and oneness with a greater whole.

If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

God is the Source of real love, joy, peace, wisdom and everything else we all need to be the people He has created us to be.

Our deepest need is for the joy that comes with knowing we are of genuine use to others.

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see it as a source of joy.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.

Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.

Joy comes when we have the Spirit in our lives. When we have the Spirit, we rejoice in what the Savior has done for us.

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

I play a lot of games on my iPhone. There is a game called Rat on a Scooter that I will promote as much as possible because it has brought me so much joy.

No one really understands the grief or joy of another. We always imagine that we are approaching some other, but our lines of travel are actually parallel.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

... freshness trembles beneath the surface of Everyday, a joy perpetual to all who catch its opal lights beneath the dust of habit.

The church-bells of innumerable sects are all chime-bells to-day, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands, and awaking a great joy in the heart of our common humanity.

It is perhaps true that that sort of sexual energy wanes over time - as the original impetus loses its luster. And then, I suppose, it's on to the next thing. But eros is eternal, like joy.

Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.

I dance/for the joy of surviving, at the edge of the road.

Being Grateful. That is the first step on the path to Joy.

We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.

Don't be shaped by regret, disappointment, fear of the future, resentment and the like. The Lord's joy is your strength. Enjoy it.

Maintaining joy in God takes 'work'; that is, it's a fight against every impulse for alien joys and every obstacle in the way to seeing and savoring Christ.

Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others.

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.

Love is the root of all joy and sorrow.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

When joy disappears, look for your mistake

My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day. Gratitude itself is a source of joy.

The fascination of what's difficult Has dried the sap out of my veins, and rent Spontaneous joy and natural content Out of my heart.

Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call thee friend who art my lord.

Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance.

Sometimes small things lead to great joys.

Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable. But this is how it was for the two of them. Love and hate. Life and death. Joy and anguish.