Quotes About Joy

Whatever goes down, whatever turns up—make food and music and dance and story out of it.

He wonders if a few moments of utter and total joy can be worth a lifetime of struggle. Maybe, he thinks. Maybe, if they're the right moments.

You have life written all over you. Some people bear tragedy on their faces; loss, death, whatever it might be. But you have life.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief

I have loved skipping since I was a little girl and I have never been able to restrain myself when an open stretch of sidewalk or path beckons me.

As God contains all good things, He must also contain a sense of playfulness -- a gift he has shared with Creatures other than ourselves, as witness the tricks Crows play, and the sportiveness of Squirrels, and the frolicking of Kittens.

The minimalist life. Pleasure is an egg. Blessings that can be counted, on the fingers of one hand.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.

At which the Emperor rejoycing, made her his Wife, and gave her an absolute power to rule and govern all that World as she pleased.

Radford. Miriam's face was animated. She laughed

At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.

Joy asks "What if God?" and declares "But if not!

Joy means holding on to hope in God regardless of the outcome. Declaring we will give up everything and entrust ourselves more fully and wholly to the One who holds all things together.

Create your own permission slip for joy. Write three words: Accept. Adapt. Depend. Carry this permission slip with you. Tell your friends you're working on becoming more content, more joyful. Take a nap. Live with a messy house for a time. Order takeout. File an extension on your taxes. Stare out the window. Linger in the company of a friend. Breathe in the fullness of life. Use those words to fight back with joy.

More than whimsy, joy is a weapon we use to fight life's battles.

Joy would not deny the hardship, but would choose to acknowledge and face it no matter what the outcome.

Sometimes we need to give space for grief in order to make room for joy. No one is immune to sorrow, and only those who learn to grieve well can recapture the healing it brings. Just as light needs darkness, so joy needs grief.

When we fight back with joy, we embrace a reality that is more real than what we're enduring and we awaken to the deepest reality of our identity as beloved, joyful children of God.

What a difference it makes to come home to a child!

Change from despair to joy he made her extremely beautiful.