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Quotes About Joy

There's a small part of my heart that's always sad Part of me that walks with a slow aching step Forever longing The beauty of that To be forever longing Too much joy makes the time pass too quickly A bit of sadness slows things down so you can see it
~ Henry Rollins
Music makes life possible.
~ Henry Rollins
I'd learned what the word 'happy' meant. It meant there was no weight in your belly, and if you asked yourself how you felt, the answer spontaneously came back: good .
~ Henry Shukman
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars and sun.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Happiness is inward and not outward and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.
~ Henry Van Dyke
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
~ Henry Van Dyke
So let the way wind up the hill or down, O'er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road's last turn will be the best.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Prayer isThe world in tune,A spirit-voice,And vocal joys,Whose echo is heaven's bliss.O let me climbWhen I lie down!
~ Henry Vaughan
O joys! Infinite sweetness! with what flowersAnd shoots of glory, my soul breaks, and buds!
~ Henry Vaughan
'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,And Edith with golden hair.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Joy and Temperance and Repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I hear in the chamber above meThe patter of little feet.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
A person without a sense of humour is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
~ Henry Ward Beecher