Quotes About Joy

You don't become a better parent or employee by not enjoying your life.

If you do have a job you like, if you're happy in life, you don't need those materialistic things to make you happy," he says.

Productivity, we are discovering, is a function of joy. Joy comes not from free M&Ms, but from making progress toward goals that matter to you.

Why we all need a night off I developed this rule because I have seen the difference it makes in my own life, a difference not dissimilar from the glow Hannah developed. I love to sing. So I've made a habit of seeking out community choirs wherever I live. After moving to New York City in 2002, I joined three ensembles as a way to get my work-from-home-self dressed and out of the apartment at least three evenings per week.

Fill bits of time with bits of joy. This was an exercise from Chapter 8. Make lists of things that make you happy or that you find meaningful, and that take 30 minutes or less, or even less than 10 minutes.

They brought along a young man named Andy who wants very much to see you." She steps aside to let him through. I tuck my hair back behind my ears. Meet his shining gaze and break into a smile. He is so tall.

He shook his head and gave this laugh, a good laugh, and just looked at me. "You always this happy?" "No," I said, laughing. "It's you. Every time I see you, I just...I don't know. You make me smile.

It's hard not to be happy when you're eating a big steak.

I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.

Do you want to dance?" he asked. Amy looked at him in surprise. "With you?" Ty grinned. "No - with the giant nutcracker in the corner." -Ty and Amy/ Chapter 5

I have little sister Lola, she is small and very funny.

Cake is one of life's great wonders, and who would deny wonder to a child?

The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ," she says, raising the silver chalice to our lips. Receiving from her is my favorite part of Sunday services. She always says her line with such joy, like it is the greatest thing in the world, which, of course, it is.

Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.

You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle!

Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind.

If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.

Mama Sweetie said you didn't need a reason to sing. She said if everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.

Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be.

Oh, no. Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be.

His happiness made him look super cute, too.

My cells sang.

It's a Wonderful Life movie.

Wind in our hair, sun on our skin, school done for the day and stored safely on a shelf til tomorrow…damn, this being alive thing felt frickin awesome.