Quotes About Joy

Henry Ward Beecher once said, "The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.

If you're going to keep the music in you, Jonah, you've got to play a little bit every day purely for the pleasure. Otherwise, you'll lose the joy of it, and if you lose the joy, you won't sound good to those who know piano--or to yourself.

I have seldom crossed the city line of Pico Mundo and have never been beyond the boundaries of Maravilla County) The joys of life can be found anywhere. Far places only offer exotic ways to suffer.

she was generous with her time and energy, and in her own generosity she found joy.

But you have to choose happiness.

He descended the ramp, stopped on the sidewalk, and turned to me. "Man, I'm glad you're back." "I'm not back yet," I said, "but I will be.

Addie had always considered the holidays an extra-special time of year. Magic hung in the air, and people were gentler, kinder to one another. Differences were set aside, friendships deepened, and people in general were more charitable and happier.

Don't cling to the past. Look instead to the future. You have a husband who adores you and children waiting to be born. Your life is just beginning. So much love awaits you, more joy than you can possibly imagine now. Your pain shall reap an abundant harvest of life's treasures. Trust me in this.

Christmas is a condition of the heart.

I've always loved catching snow on my eyelashes.

You don't have to know how to sing. It's feeling as though you want to that makes the day worthwhile." —Coleman Cox

I miss him, even now. I know you do. That's the price we pay when we love. It's joy and loss all wrapped up in one package. The thing you need to hold onto is that while the heart may shatter into a thousand pieces, the soul remains intact.

That was the problem, she no longer knew what she wanted. (Shrouded in grief and lost dreams, her joy had vanished, the same way laughter and singing had.)

When you are truly passionate about something that God has designed for you to do; things unexplainably click. You experience a profound sense of joy in what you do. It feels natural and it completes you.

she felt a quiet joy, an awareness that she could be happy again.

The truth was she did love him. She loved him for the gentle care he gave her roses. For his loving way with animals. For his honesty. For his tender patience with Maggie and, most important, for the joy he brought into her life.

There's more to life than work and more work.

Then, in the tranquility of church on Christmas Eve, everything had come into perspective for Cait. There had been crowds and rudeness that first Christmas, too, she reasoned. Yet in the midst of that confusion had come joy and peace and love.

love. "In time you'll know joy again." Joy? I wanted to argue with him. It didn't seem likely or even possible. One doesn't heal from this kind of pain. I remembered how my family and friends had struggled to find the right words to comfort me. But there are no words Ã¢â'¬Â¦ there simply are no words.

HAPPIEST ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE THE MOST HAPPINESS TO OTHERS.

Good friends, good meat. Good God, let's eat!

a smile that would melt concrete.

I promise to give you the very best of myself, to be faithful to you, to be your friend and your partner," Nash whispered next, his voice gaining strength. Sincerity rang through his words. "I offer you my heart and my love," Savannah repeated, her own heart ready to burst with unrestrained joy. "You are my friend," Nash returned, "my lover, my wife.

Sam," Beth said, as she placed her hand on his arm. Looking at him, her eyes were full of love. "This is the Christmas surprise I mentioned. That beautiful young girl with that gift for music is your daughter, Luci.