Quotes About Joy

If life is a party, you should be the one throwing it!

Joy, joy forever, my task is done. The gates are passed, and heaven is won.

Life wasn't all neat and tidy. Along with joy and happiness, there were bitter disappointments and heart-rending loose ends.

Any place is a palace if your heart decides so.

When you let another steal your joy you give them power over you. Don't let anyone steal your smile

I threw flips and cartwheels straight across the grass, fuck my imaginary stitches, fuck whether Lexie had done gymnastics, I couldn't remember the last time I had been this drunk and I loved it. I wanted to dive deeper into it and never come up for air, open my mouth and take a huge breath and drown on this night

One of the many joys of Undercover is that other squads can never quite figure out when you're on the job and when you're, say, on a genuine night out with the lads, so they tend to leave you alone, just in case.

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that it cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

Often misunderstood, Dionysus is far more than a wine deity. He is the Breaker of Chains, who rescues not only the flesh but the heart and spirit from too much of worldly regulations and duties. He is a god of joy and freedom. Any uncultivated, tangled, and primal woodland is very much his domain.

and their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event

I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album.

It's wonderful," his mother says, and I feel something old and familiar course through my blood. It fills all four chambers of my heart, and I think maybe, just maybe, it's happiness.

May I be filled with lovingkindness; may I be held in lovingkindness. May I feel safe and at ease. May I feel protected from inner and outer harm. May I be happy. May I accept myself just as I am. May I touch deep, natural peace. May I know the natural joy of being alive. May I find true refuge within my own being. May my heart and mind awaken; may I be free.

I have just two instructions for you this week. One is to breathe, and one is to smile.

Reflecting on our own goodness is considered a skillful means in Buddhist practice, because it opens our hearts and invigorates our faith in our spiritual unfolding. If we're caught up in considering ourselves bad, we contract and hide. In contrast, if we trust our goodness, we open up to others, we feel inspired to help others, we move forward on our spiritual path with dedication and joy.

Find the joy where you can, and maintain the rage where it's needed.

it is important to recognize the power of our emotions--and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced.

Hummingbirds and flowers go together like summertime and fireflies; like rainbows and sunshine.

See, there's the pie chart. If you look, you can see clear as day that the happy times -- the times when you think "How fun! I'm glad I'm alive" -- don't make up even one tenth of life. I'm work this out properly with a calculator, so there's no mistake.

He used to say, 'Accident of birth is the number one predictor of happiness.

Babies bring the love with them when they come.

Go on to sleep. Like they say, weeping endures for a night." "But joy comes in the morning,

I moved closer to her and wound my fingers in her thick hair. "We've always been together," she told me. "Not like this. But always." I nodded. "I want to be the only one you cook for." We laughed, a real laugh, a shared laugh. This is when our life changed. We came to each other with joy on our lips. What came next may not have been legally binding; there was no clergyman or witness. But it was ours.

You are the greatest gift of my life.