Quotes About Joy

I am so glad and grateful, I am. But sometimes the orchestra plays something in swelling chords of luck and joy, and all I can hear is that one violin sawing out a thin melody of grief

At Christmas, we remember God's gift to us by giving gifts to each other.

There'll be days when I'm blue or angry or frustrated. Days when it seems like nothing's going right. Sometimes I feel lonely, or I might wish my life had taken a different turn or two. But when you've got the Holy Spirit living in your heart, Pete, you know for sure that God is walking with you. He's beside you and in you and all around you. And that's what I call joy.

abundance and happiness,

We enjoy our work so much we get up when the sun comes up. The stress in our life is non-existent.

And the looks on their faces were caught just right. You could see them loving dancing and loving each other. The expressions just said it all. It was so nice to look at. I was even able to stand outside the fact that it was Molly and Frank and enjoy the look of love on their faces. Love always looks nice.

Once you get that sense that there's no real security, that anything at all can happen to you, then every minute you're okay is a joy. Part of the joy is feeling like you can make your way in a world that isn't always easy.

gaping open, panting. It looked like a toothy smile.

In my humble and exhausted opinion, joy beats comfort every time.

I'm just floating along in this state of elation because all of life's normal responsibilities and irritations are gone. It's like a sheet of blue-lined paper, the kind you write on at school, but with the lines suddenly missing. No structure. Nothing is predictable. Everything that might happen now is new.

It's just that this might be the last train to happy. And you want to make sure to get on it." Felipe

I trotted down all three flights of stairs feeling weirdly happy. My sister was back. And at least I had one sort-of friend. You have to have gotten down pretty low before something as small as that starts to look like happy to you.

Well, at least you worry about nice things, like whether I'll have a good time.

I had this wonderful feeling inside as I ran. Like I'd gotten a sneak peek into love, and it was okay in there.

It's impossible to not be happy with seven puppies climbing all over you. It literally can't be done.

stepped outside my comfort level and experienced a morning of joy. In my humble and exhausted opinion, joy beats comfort every time.

an easy smile, which he gives away for free.

You have to dance especially at a time like this. That's the whole point. The dancing will bring you back into the moment. It's the dance that will save you.

You can't point to this joy, Jordy. You'd have to point everywhere at once. And if you point everywhere at once, then you're not really pointing anywhere at all." I

It had been fun, yes, and had provided a fleeting sense of happiness. Like a miniature vacation from the sorrow.

it's happy from the inside,

We came to ask you a favor!" Grace made favors sound fun, like ice cream cakes, or being the one who gets to whack the piñata with the stick.

I mean . . . you just make the best of happy while you've got it, right?

I wanted to find my voice, so I sat in silence. I wanted joy, so I cried my heart open. I wanted wisdom, so I capered in bodacious foolishness. I wanted freedom, so I felt my bonds.