Joy Quotes

There isn't heartache if there hasn't been joy. I wouldn't feel loss if there hadn't been love.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

...this marvelous graceful thing, this joy of physics, this perfect balance between rebellion and obedience, is God's own signature on earth.

This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart.

An absolute joy to read - it stimulates and engages. Westney is asking new questions not addressed elsewhere . . . and you will be drawn in by the author's inviting, yet quietly compelling style.

His is a joy which consequences cannot quench. His is a peace which circumstances cannot steal.

Riding is a complicated joy. You learn something each time. It is never quite the same, and you never know it all.

Deemest thou laborOnly is earnest?Grave is all beauty,Solemn is joy.

Serene will be our days, and bright and happy will our nature be, when love is an unerring light, and joy its own security.

To be able to share in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness.

In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought that the same cause should produce such opposite effects.

O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive!

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

You pay for good days by then having bad days. You pay for joy with pain.

[A conductor's] happiness does not come from only his own story and his joy of the music. The joy is about enabling other people's stories to be heard at the same time.

Anyone who doesn't sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life.

Most of my work is comedy; it's meant to inspire empathy in people and help them find joy.

Joy and sadness come by turns.

We seek fulfillment in our lives through heart connection with others. This is our soul's essence of joy, which spontaneously pulses through us, longing to share itself with another.

According to Eshin's Essentials of Salvation, the Ten Pleasures are but a drop in the ocean when compared to the joys of the Pure Land.

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

Jump for joy as we accomplish the dreams we adore.

If I'm honest with myself, I think it's probably true I have learned more in my life through pain than through joy. But hopefully that's changing.

Tell the world you are a one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

You are certainly one of the joys of life for all who have ever come within a mile of you.

It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.

Dr. Lipsenthal is a profound explorer of our inner and outer worlds. Enjoy Every Sandwich will help you heal your fear of death and embrace the true joy of life's extraordinary journey.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

Until we understand that our grief outweighs a thousand joys, we will never understand what Christianity is all about.

As night falls, every joy glows brighter.

I had that feeling of just pure joy and I went out there and put it in my program.

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table." Macbeth

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

We can't choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

Joy is a sure sign of the presence of God in your life.

Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.

This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.

At the core of the universe, the face of God wears a smile

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.

For in the sorrow, there is also our happiness.

Imagination doesn't always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.

I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

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

The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job.