Quotes About Joy

They lived and laughed and loved and left." ?James Joyce

My poor friends, you are free—free as air. You can cast off the name of slave and trample upon it. . . . Liberty is your birthright. . . . But you must try to deserve this priceless boon. Let the world see that you merit it, and are able to maintain it by your good works. Don't let your joy carry you into excesses. Learn the laws and obey them. . . . There, now, let me pass on; I have but little time to spare. I want to see the capital.

Everyone could work hard under the right conditions, and it was possible to enjoy hard work, even the most numbing, backbreaking toil. But you had to have a sense of participating in some greater good than just the maintaining of your own small existence; some human quorum or congregation of a size sufficient to align you with the world instead of against it. The imagination had to be fired, and kept alight. The heart had to feel the presence of joy and warmth. He

go with the wind, all of us twirling among young people who wore flowers in their hair, a church bell clanging without stop in a Spanish mission. Roll on forever, Woody.

He was enthusiastic about everything, but when she came in with the pie he grew positively lyrical.

Leaders set the tone. When they openly demonstrate the joy and passion they have for their organizations, team members, clients, and even challenges, leaders send a very powerful message to others that it's perfectly acceptable for people to make public displays of playfulness.

The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus.

FOR MA AND JADE, WHO LOVED A GOOD WHOPPER

See, dance changes people. Dancing makes you free. It makes people happy.

Beneath my incredulity All at once is flowing Joy, the flash of the unbaited hook -- Yes, yes, it fits, it's right, it had to be! Intuition weightless and ongoing Like stanzas in a book Or golden scales in the melodic brook --

You are not called to poverty in Christ but to the greatest of spiritual wealth. You are not called to disappointment but to fulfillment. You are not called to sorrow but to joy. How could it be otherwise when the treasure is the only Son of God?

Life is lousy with hurt but it also shimmers with beauty.

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it "wind tossed." If only she knew.

When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.

The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.

Okay, so, flying," I started, taking a deep breath and focusing on the thing I loved most in the world. "Flying is … great. It feels great when you're doing it. It's fun. Pure freedom. There's nothing better." Dylan smiled, a slow, easy smile that seemed to light up his whole face. "So the first thing we're going to do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.

Never underestimate the power of funny, it moves mountains.

So this is how happy feels, I thought. The energy, the automatic smile. This is what it's like to look forward to the day, to believe there could be good things coming.

Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

happy all life for ever

You know how most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be here with you.

At that instant, I knew exactly what I wanted out of life: this. This feeling, this happiness, this embrace.

Sometimes I look at you and I just can't believe you're mine