Quotes About Joy

Why do we always wait for traditional special occasions to enjoy good things? Maybe we just need to create our own special occasions." Lillian made a face. "You know, I've always objected to Valentine's Day, because I don't think a day like that should come only once a year. Every day should be Valentine's Day. People should say I love you all the time or show their love, even in small ways.

set the iPod in the dock and gently shift my newborn baby boy in my arms so that his cheek rests on my shoulder. When the music starts to play, I dance slowly around the living room, rocking him to and fro. I feel such joy, I begin to wonder if I've died and gone to heaven.

I know it's a cliché," he said, "but life is short and death comes to us all. So what's the point of living, if we're not going to experience real joy? At least some of the time," he added. "I'm not saying we shouldn't grieve or ever be unhappy—that's part of living, too. But we can't forget the other side of it when times are bleak." "What other side?" I asked. "The beautiful side.

Perhaps the lesson is this: Without knowledge of misery, there can be no true knowledge of joy.

And even though she didn't always know what she was doing, she was still the fearless captain of his heart, for she had taught him about life and what it is to sail through it. Everything was going to be fine, he realized, for there would be joy again.

From that day forward, I saw more beauty in the world than I had ever seen before. I cherished every moment, found joy in the tiniest pleasures, for I understood this amazing gift called life.

Without knowledge of misery, there can be no true knowledge of joy.

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

Life is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.

I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf me.

Pax amor et lepos in iocando. Latin for Peace, love and sense of fun.

It was the flashing lights, and the noise of the machines, and the loud, loud music, all seeming to refract and contract around her, her eyes widening, her hair swooshing, her slow smile shining. She seemed an actual part of the place - all fun, all joy, all shimmery skittering energy.

Bobby squealed with delight. "I'll take a norange one and a labbender one," he said happily. "Labbender is sometimes almost always my very favrit color.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

Stargazing is the story of a happy family plunged into an unexpected drama: it's poignant, warm, and unpredictable. I enjoyed it hugely.' -- Julie Cohen

He carried more grief than she could imagine, yet lived life with such joy it spread to everyone around him. Despite that grief. Despite the scars he bore. Or ... could it be because of them?

I just want to make people smile.

Swish, I swing from tree to tree. My feet are like hands - I'm a chimpanzee!

It's true what they say: Time flies when you're having fun.

planning the wedding. "We'll

Julia taught me what it takes to find your way in the world. It's not what I thought it was. I thought it wa all about-I don't know, confidence or will or luck. Those are all some good things to have, no question. But there's something else, somethng that these things grow out of. It's joy.

Don't you love it when the ending makes you smile?