Quotes About Joy

At 2 P.M., two long, cold hours after starting, Everett concluded his speech to thunderous applause—motivated, one is bound to suspect, more by the joy of realizing it was over than by any message derived from the content—and

the table is among the most important activities in civilization. It is about intimacy, convivium, creativity, appetites, desire, euphoria, culture, and the joys of being alive.

I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year. I tap-dance to work, and when I get there, I think I'm supposed to lie on my back and paint the ceiling. It's tremendous fun. —Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

Happiness isn't only about what you have It's also about What you don't have to worry about Bill Maher Real Time with Bill Maher March 29, 2019

What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?

HOBBES: Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

The best presents don't come in boxes.

Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!

I cut out construction paper feathers and taped them on my arms so I can fly! Pretty neat, huh?

Since you types wouldn't be happy unless you're unhappy, I wouldn't dare try to take your joy away by solving your problems.

It was a wonderful time to be alive, or even dead.

For we are always what our situations hand us: it's either sadness or euphoria.

Thus I stretch out my arms to my Saviour, who, after being foretold for four thousand years, came on earth to die and suffer for me at the time and in the circumstances foretold. By his grace I peaceably await death, in the hope of being eternally united to him, and meanwhile I live joyfully, whether in the blessings which he is pleased to bestow on me or in the affliction he sends me for my own good and taught me how to endure by his example.

If our state were really happy, we should not need to take our minds off it in order to make ourselves happy.

However sad a man may be, if you can persuade him to take up some diversion he will be happy while it lasts, and however happy a man may be, if he lacks diversion and has no absorbing passion or entertainment to keep boredom away, he will soon be depressed and unhappy. Without diversion there is no joy; with diversion there is no sadness. That is what constitutes the happiness of persons of rank, for they have a number of people to divert them and the ability to keep themselves in this state.

If our condition were truly happy we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it. (12)

Nie betrieben die Menschen das Böse so umfassend und freudig wie aus religiöser Überzeugung.

So I hold out my arms to my Redeemer, who, having been foretold for four thousand years, has come to suffer and to die for me on earth, at the time and under all the circumstances foretold. By His grace, I await death in peace, in the hope of being eternally united to Him. Yet I live with joy, whether in the prosperity which it pleases Him to bestow upon me, or in the adversity which He sends for my good, and which He has taught me to bear by His example. 737

We are so unhappy that we can only enjoy something which we should be annoyed to see go wrong, and that can and does constantly happen to thousands of things. Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point. It is perpetual motion.

God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars...Joy, joy, joy, tears of joy...'This is life eternal that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.' Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ...May I not fall from him forever...I will not forget your word. Amen.

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.

De verbeelding kan dwazen niets wijs maken, maar ze maakt hen gelukkig.

If there's one thing that every founder and leader in this book has in common with the others, it is a passion for what their companies do. They love it, and they have a burning desire to share it with other people. They thrive on the joy of contributing something great and unique to the world.

Faith is the fullness to realize that each moment of our lives is a gift; that the whole of our lives is a spiritual journey, whether in our darkest hours or brightest joys.