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Quotes About Joy

Christians in North America and Europe have always looked forward to celebrating Christmas.
~ William J. Bennett
King Midas sprang up and ran to the river. He plunged into it, and then he dipped up a pitcher of its water and hurried back to the palace. He sprinkled it over Marygold, and the color came back into her cheeks. She opened her blue eyes again. "Why, Father!" she said. "What happened?" With a cry of joy King Midas took her into his arms. Never after that did King Midas care for any gold except the gold of the sunshine, and the gold of little Marygold's hair.
~ William J. Bennett
You have never seen ugliness in a happy face.
~ William J. Locke
I don't sing because I'm happy. I'm happy because I sing.
~ William James
A solemn state of mind is never crude or simple—it seems to contain a certain measure of its own opposite in solution. A solemn joy preserves a sort of bitter in its sweetness; a solemn sorrow is one to which we intimately consent.
~ William James
Lectures IV and V - The Religion Of Healthy Mindedness If we were to ask the question: What is human life's chief concern? one of the answers we should receive would be: It is happiness. How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
~ William James
We are here to rejoice together 'in every good thing.' It is the strength and joy from a Christ-centered and Christlike life that gives us reason to rejoice.
~ Chieko N. Okazaki
Dark came early and stayed full of lights and the shouts of children.
~ China Mieville
Why should we not shep naches from the accomplishments of our machines? This vicarious joy or success sounds somewhat odd, but it shouldn't be. We get excited when our sports team wins a game; why should it disturb or disappoint us when our creations turn out to be more accomplished than ourselves?
~ China Mieville
Unsullied poverty is always happy, while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows.
~ Chinese
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
~ Chinese proverb
A smile will gain you ten more years of life
~ Chinese proverb
There is only one pretty child in the world and everymother has it
~ Chinese proverb
If you want to be happy for an hour, get drunk; If you want to be happy for three days, get married; If you want to be happy forever, make a garden.
~ Chinese proverb
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.
~ Chinese proverb
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
~ Chinese proverb
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.
~ Chinese proverb
Every smile makes you a day younger.
~ Chinese proverb
One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows.
~ Chinese proverb
Chinese Proverb
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One joy shatters a hundred griefs
~ Chinese Proverbs
Mutluluk,yaz ya?muruna benzemez. Umulmad?k anda birden bire bo?anmaz insan?n tepesinden. Azar azar gelir. ?nsan?n hayata ve çevresine kar?? davran??lar? getirir mutlulu?u, Azar azar birike birike. Gerçek mutluluk böyle do?ar.
~ Chingiz Aitmatov
Challenge your limitations for the pure joy of challenge.
~ Chin-Ning Chu
We know the breath-taking joy of his sisters when the word spread: He is risen! But a man who has lived a full life will have others to reckon with beside his sisters. Certainly that keen-eyed subordinate who has moved up to his table at the office, for him resurrection is an awful embarrassment.
~ Chinua Achebe