Quotes About Joy

Never had I felt so good. It was better than masturbating.

A pleasurable and excited state of mind, associated with affection, is exhibited by some dogs in a very peculiar manner, namely, by grinning.

The moment I realized that God existed, I knew that I could not do otherwise than to live for him alone . . . Faith strips the mask from the world and reveals God in everything. It makes nothing impossible and renders meaningless such words as anxiety, danger, and fear, so that the believer goes through life calmly and peacefully, with profound joy- like a child, hand in hand with his mother.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

I have a bad habit of hugging people when I am very happy, so every one who does not wish to be embraced had better keep away.

happiness comes from doing great things-rather than getting great things

After all, anyone can love people who are lovely.

around which pigs and barefoot children grunted in loving communion of dirt.

Our life is not only travail and labour; it is also refreshment and joy in the forgiveness of God. We labour, but God nourishes and sustains us. And this is the reason for celebrating." —LIFE TOGETHER

Cuántos creyentes conoce usted que experimentan el gozo y la libertad de ser personas llenas de vida, exuberantes de entusiasmo, que disfrutan viviendo con espontaneidad, en oposición a los cientos de miles que se basan en las pautas fijadas por los legalistas y viven de acuerdo con ellas?

Isn't God the one who urges us to Make a joyful noise unto the Lord? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful sound on earth is laughter... I've seen folks quote verses like Rejoice in the Lord always while their faces look like they just buried a rich uncle who willed everything to his pregnant guinea pig. Something is missing.

For they are rebellious against You. But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield. (Psalm 5)

Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life.

may we not be strangers in the lush province of joy

you should always be doing something that satisfies you, what makes you feel good inside.

The saying that money doesn't buy you happiness is true. But it sure as fuck helps.

Go after happiness like it is the only thing you can take with you when you die.

Without the laughter, we'd all be dying too.

The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life.

Like what?Glass?Drugs?Oregano? Come on, sweetheart. Lighten up and have some fun.

time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy.

The times when you feel like laughing the least are usually the times you need to laugh the most.

First comes peace. Then joy. Then love. And finally understanding.

optimism. Lean, fit, happy, optimistic, energetic, brimming with vim and vigor: these