Quotes About Joy

I always thought that romantic comedies were silly," Myra May said. "But I've changed my mind. The world is pretty grim. People need something to smile about.

I was longing, instead, for the feelings I'd had when I first met him, wishing I could love with that sweetly giddy, self-forgetting exhilaration just once more in my life and knowing, somehow, that I wouldn't. I was, I think, longing for my younger self, full of optimism and joy and impatient for life, for adventure, for risk.

Above all remember this: that magic belongs as much to the heart as to the head and everything which is done, should be done from love or joy or righteous anger.

Above all remember this: that magic belongs as much to the heart as to the head and everything which is done, should be done from love or joy or righteous anger (from Ladies of Grace Adieu).

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.

You are somebody's reason to smile.

the glow in Libby's cheeks. When there

When you play, you must open your heart to its magic. Listen to what it tells you, and you'll be repaid tenfold.

Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

It's weird to say, but every time I look at my daughter and I see this little living breathing thing that came from me, that represents all of the hopes and dreams that I would want for her, I see a miracle.

To see your friend's dreams come true, there's really nothing that can make you happier.

So. I'll keep dancing in my costumes. Day and night. And I won't sleep as much as I should. And I will drink more than I should. And maybe, as I'm twirling and glittering, playing a retarded game of hide and seek in the middle of an open field, maybe, just maybe, whatever happens next will be bigger, and I will forget that which seems so huge to me right now.

Everyone who wasn't trying to park or find their car was in a festive mood. And it was contagious. As in, I needed to remember to take my vitamin C when we got back.

How many people were content with their lives? How many people were happy—happy in the moment and not in retrospect?

I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.

God is not a harsh taskmaster who simply wants obedience. His instructions in his Word for thinking and acting rightly are for our benefit. He knows that when we live according to his ways, it brings us joy, fulfillment, and meaning in life.

It was more like when I was little and used to run everywhere for the sheer fun of fast moving.

I would take today's joy, and tomorrow's. I would take it with both hands, anywhere it came.