Quotes About Joy

And it was Rumpelstiltskin who chose the name for Della's baby girl. He called her Abigail, which means "a father's joy.

If a person realized that everything people call happiness, love and joy was just a miscalculation based on a false premise, he'd feel a horrible emptiness inside. The only thing that could rouse him from his paralysis would be to gamble with his own face and the face of others. The person capable of that would be permitted anything.

On peut vivre sans philosophie, sans musique, sans joie et sans amour. Mais pas si bien.

Si può vivere senza musica, senza gioia, senza amore e senza filosofia. Ma mica tanto bene.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

To keep happy seems like walking on stilts. When one is tired, one falls off.

Maya was wearing a big fluffy outfit, so I knew we weren't going to the park to play afterward, but that was okay because everyone seemed so glad at how well I'd done the trick. Mama even cried, she was so happy.

Of all the things I'd ever done, making Senora laugh seemed the most important. It was, I reflected, the only thing that gave my life any purpose.

Of all the things I'd ever done, making Senora laugh seemed the most important.

No chickens." "Zebras?" Maggie Rose asked. Mom laughed. "Crocodiles? Anteaters? Giraffes?" Bryan guessed. All the humans in the car were laughing, so I wagged. People don't have tails to let others know they're happy, but laughter is the next best thing.

She rubbed me up and down with the towel until my skin felt so alive and buzzing that, when she let me go, I just had to run. I raced around the house, shaking myself to get rid of any last drops of that stinky, soapy water and leaping over chairs and on the couch. Then I flopped onto the carpet and scooted along, rubbing my belly and then my shoulders and then my back, until I began to smell like myself again and all the dampness was gone from my fur.

It's easier to be a dog if one accepts there are many things that are incomprehensible and just concentrate on being happy.

Bryan threw the ball to Dad. Dad threw it back. Bryan swung the stick again. He hit the ball! Now we were really playing. The ball sailed toward the fence. I ran after it. The goslings ran after me. And then something amazing happened. Something I had never seen before. Brewster ran. He heaved himself up and lumbered across the yard. He wanted the ball! It hit the fence and bounced off, right at him, and he scooped it up!

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

by employing the right work habits, you do become an expert. Then you experience the joy of work, and the job is no longer work. It becomes fun.

After a storm there is fair weather, after sorrow there is joy.

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.

The artist has one function--to affirm and glorify life.

Christians rejoice because God is their heavenly Father who forgives the penitent, because God sent his Son into the world for the salvation of all who have faith, because Jesus Christ not only died but was raised again from the dead and because joy is one of the ninefold fruits of the Spirit.

In those whom I like, I can find no common denominator; in those whom I love I can: they all make me laugh.

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters! Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop!