Quotes About Joy

So many gifts her father gave her, so she should not be surprised they continued to be given, even in the moment of his dying. ...The gifts of patience, perspective, and detachment. The gifts of silence, irrelevance, and joy.

Happiness and joy are feeling like you belong to the world, and are at home in the world, at the level of nature, humanity and time.

For far too many, pregnancy and birth is still something that happens to them rather than something they set out consciously and joyfully to do themselves.

You might categorize your own fear as anxiety. But while the reality of fear is different for each of us, one thing remains constant: fear robs us of joy. When fear takes center stage, we find it impossible to live in the "what is" because of the "what might be.

Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.

I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war, Where everyone hugs Instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles And rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, And everyone grins, And everyone cuddles, And everyone wins.

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.

Heaven itself [...] would be— must be— a coming home.

But in the books again, great joy through love seemed always to go hand in hand with frightful pain. Still, he thought, looking out across the meadow, still, the joy would be worth the pain—if, indeed, they went together. If

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun.

Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.

I'm having too good of a time.

Dogs don't got the problems of people. Dogs can be happy any old time.

The only thing I am interested in using mathematics for is to have a good time and to help others do the same.

Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

The key to success is to love what you do or to do what you love, no matter if you're doing it big time or in a small way.

I adore gardening, and whenever I have time off, that is my passion.

I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.

Each time I reach a goal or read a great review, I am beyond pleased.

For the time of towns is tolled from the world by funereal chimes, but in nature the universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of animals and plants, and by growth of joy on joy.

In the actual world--the painful kingdom of time and place--dwell care, and canker, and fear. With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy.

Another important time when I feel most alive is when I hear a song that I love so much that all I can do is dance - I feel so free!