Quotes About Joy

gift from God put here to earth to make his world all bright and sparkly.

Secret Santas?

Happiness is a dog sunning itself on a rock. We were not put on this Earth to be happy. We were put here to experience great things.

A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain?

There was no such thing as a happy ending, only a happy present.

What I will say is that you have to exercise your writing muscle. Write every day. Get better at it. Read a lot of good books. As a professional writer, I force myself to write when I don't feel like it. I don't wait to feel inspired. It takes discipline and grit and sacrifice to be able to bring a book out to the world. It's so much work, and it's very difficult, but it is also the most fun I've ever had. I love making things up. I love amusing myself.

All four of them cheered and yelled and jumped around like crazy idiots. Even Evie was grinning now. She had never been so happy to see herself in the mirror, and now that she was herself again, she found that for once in her life, nobody even cared how she looked. Not even her. It was like magic.

Viva la vida. Live the life. And I think maybe I still can.

You're wrong, love. It's not a fairytale, I say, leading him to join the party so we can dance together. It's better. It's our life.

feels so damn good?

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy— that's all that matters.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. —AGNES REPPLIER, The Treasure Chest

Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.

Change your perspective and enjoy the adventure. Let the child in you come out to play.

We go back . . . and back . . . and back . . . until we discover the exuberant, unencumbered, delightful and lovable child that was, and still is, in us. And once we find it, we love and cherish it, and never, never let it go.

To be happy we need someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to. I

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. —AGNES REPPLIER

Love and closeness—involvement with people—are the greatest risks a man or woman can take. They require honesty, spontaneity, vulnerability, trust, responsibility, self-acceptance, and acceptance of others. Love brings joy and warmth, but it also requires us to be willing to occasionally feel hurt and rejection.

Stop looking for Big. The magic happens when you stay small. Ninety-five dollars bought more than the secret to grief. It paid for the secret to life. Whatever we don't have isn't the missing piece. The moments we live for their own sake turn to moments of joy. Something way more profound and lasting than happiness is peace.

Today, I will not strike out at those who cause me pain. I will feel my emotions and take responsibility for them. I will accept hurt feelings as part of being in relationships. I am willing to surrender to the pain as well as the joy in life.

Melody Carlson

She wanted to remind them that Christmas was more than just glitter and garlands—but that color and sparkle were a wonderful way to celebrate the real Joy of Christmas. And before she walked away, she lifted the baby Jesus and gave it a little kiss—just like she'd always done—and laid it in the manger.

I'd rather have a few wonderful years with love than a long life with animosity.