Quotes About Joy

That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one

I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it's not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all.

When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.

When this is over...we will got to the rainforest, or a beach as white as bone. We will eat grapes from the vine, we will swim with sea turtles, we will walk miles on cobblestone streets. We will laugh and talk and confess. We will.

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn't make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.

If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one

Love makes life a little brighter

Now, I'm wondering why those were ever even goals. We don't need those things to feel whole. We need to wake up in the morning. We need our bodies to function. We need to enjoy a meal. We need a roof over our head. We need to surround ourselves with people we love. We need to take the wins in a much smaller way.

Her mouth is always on the verge of a smile. It makes her look like there's always something amazing she needs to tell me, even when it's just hello.

When they laugh, it sounds like confetti.

When you engage in work that you love, you are happy.

work, pray and play not from here

I don't have any babies or ambition. I have it all!

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength his glory and his pleasure.

The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which it can provide us or the pain against which it can protect us.

Workaholics commit slow suicide by refusing to allow the child inside them to play.

God gave man work not to burden him but to bless him and useful work willingly cheerfully effectively done has always been the finest expression of the human spirit.

Work is more fun than fun.

Do your duty until it becomes your joy.

To love what you do and feel that it matters-how could anything be more fun?

When you're following your energy and doing what you want all the time the distinction between work and play dissolves.

Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.

When I design, I always pull from things that are significant to me. In my work, I search for happiness and then try to convey that joy in the clothes.