Quotes About Joy

I am happy the leaves are growing large so quickly. Soon they will hide the neighbor and her screaming child.

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

Mas não quero resposta, quero ficar só. Gosto muito das pessoas mas essa necessidade voraz que às vezes me vem de me libertar de todos. Enriqueço na solidão: fico inteligente, graciosa e não esta feia ressentida que me olha do fundo do espelho. Ouço duzentas e noventa e nove vezes o mesmo disco, lembro poesias, dou piruetas, sonho, invento, abro todos os portões e quando vejo a alegria está instalada em mim.

Let us get rid of this notion that we must always associate the thoughts of God with a spirit of great solemnity. Gayety and God are not mutually exclusive.

The experience of personal communication with God is as universal as the human race. Appreciation of the divine presence is more common than appreciation of art, music, or literature. Men and women who do not respond to music, see no beauty in pictures, never read, and could not understand literature if it were read to them, yet find comfort in sorrow, strength in temptation, courage in danger, and added joy in their enjoyments from the sense of a Father's presence.

For to laugh is as religious as to weep; and smiles may bring us into the companionship of the Father no less than tears.

The child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal.

"In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child," says good old Santa Claus; and if he had his way the children would all be beautiful, for all would be happy.

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday -- especially if it was one's own -- brightened the world as if a second sun had risen.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

They are the adventurers with no goal other than the everyday joy of discovery – they are galumphing.

True spirituality is a thing of joy and of the earth, and has nothing to do with fake adult dignity. It has nothing to do with long words and sorrowful faces. It has to do with the dance of consciousness that is within you, and with the sense of spiritual adventure that is within your hearts." [5]

Galloping here Galloping there Rollicking, frolicking, everywhere! (Tala's favorite part...)

Joy doesn't exist out in the world somewhere. Joy is an inside job.

When you have a dream and are committed to achieving it, your life takes on new meaning. By unfolding a dream, you discover what makes you happy and brings you joy.

The way to create more joy in your life is by having an attitude of abundance.

That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.

Because there's a big difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is external and can change when your circumstances change. If you believe that money will make you happy, for instance, and then you lose all your money, you'll be very unhappy. But joy is deep inside us and isn't dependent on circumstances.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.

Besides re-arming myself with joy, I need to know the holes in my defenses, the places where I'm vulnerable and where the enemy has successfully attacked me before.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

One thing I can't do is walk around with a long face anymore—the Lord has taken that away." In

All I want to do is go on with the unbridled life I lead here: barefoot, my faded bathing suit, an old jacket, lots of garlic, and swimming at all hours of the day. —COLETTE, AT SIXTY

Having an eternal family is the only way to achieve ultimate joy.