Quotes About Joy

Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain.

Still, I have felt it better to have a dog about the place. They are wonderful creatures.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are so.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

I think all wishes are the same, really," she continued. "Whether they ask for this, that, or the other, what they are really asking for is happiness.

I used to do this as a kid. And now they're paying me for it, which is cool.

Bobby had a secret. You know what it was? It took nothing to make him happy. That was it. He held happiness in his hand easy as if he'd just, I don't know, plucked a blade of grass form the ground. And all he did his whole short life was offer that happiness to anybody who'd smile at him. That's all he wanted form me. From you. From anybody. A smile.

Life's stranger and more beautiful than I ever thought possible.

When she sang she could make people laugh or dance or fall in love or go to war.

Anger, hate, jealousy, envy, fear. Fill your pockets with these heavy stones and you spend your life trying not to drown. Throw them away and you float. The great current of life simply sweeps you up and carries you joyously to the place you were always meant to come to. Make no mistake, you will arrive there either way, through struggle or surrender. But one is the way of pain, the other of peace.

He held happiness in his hand easy as if he'd just, I don't know, plucked a blade of grass from the ground.

May blessings fall down upon you, all your days.

The highest happiness on earth is marriage.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

The fact of the matter is that obedience to the Lord's command is the most sane and reasonable life and the one that yields the greatest joy. The witness of Scripture and of experience testifies that no one who lives sacrificially for Christ will ever suffer want. When a man obeys God, the Lord takes care of him.

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house

Death is the enemy. The first enemy. And the last... The enemy always wins. But we still need to fight him. That's all I know. You and I won't find much joy while we're here, but we can keep others alive. We can defend those who can't defend themselves. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. Maybe we don't need to understand any more than that. Maybe that's enough.

Hope had finally learned to live in the present. Often, when she found herself in a space of tremendous comfort, usually out in nature, or when her children were safe all around her and on the verge of going to bed, she forced herself to take stock. Here you are, Hope, she told herself. What a beautiful moment. You may never again be here at this spot, enjoying the calm. This habit of hers, to acknowledge the immediate and elusive joy of the present, kept her sane.

Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...

que la música en los oídos de los demás sea mi sinfonía, que la sonrisa en los labios de los demás sea mi felicidad».

Joy is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes.

Still, making music is its own reward.