Quotes About Joy

The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed

When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

It is the same life that emerges in joy through the dust of the earth into numberless waves of flower.

I dig being a mother.

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So I associate reading with enormous pleasure.

What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they are... when goodness prevails... blah blah blah. I'm a cheese ball.

The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.

And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.

The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life. We have almost lost track of them.

My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me.

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do

Babies! What a wonderful way to start people!

What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?

Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.

Motherhood is heart-exploding, blissful hysteria.

Suddenly she was here. And I was no longer pregnant; I was a mother. I never believed in miracles before.

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

I got my first laugh when my mother entered me in a baby contest.

We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.