Quotes About Joy

Joyful people are participants. They don't miss the moments. They turn moments into memories.

downs. Healthy people learn how to live with both. They enjoy the good but aren't devastated by the bad. Joy means appreciating the positive experiences in life but finding meaning in the tough times as well. It means living lightly and realistically, no matter what happens.

Joyful intimacy with God is the great power source of the kingdom of God.

He has joy in our friendship and in our partnering together in the work of the kingdom with Him.

Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science.

Anticipate the day as if it was your birthday and you are turning six again.

My friend asked me the essence of life and I smiled.

Sometimes it's just enough to smile sincerely.

And never again will you put off your own happiness when those you love choose to be unhappy.

Life suddenly makes sense and you want to live forever.

thoughts of happiness become all things good, which is what true happiness implies.

Everyone is a money magnet when they're happy.

everything is drawn to them because the happiness they feel perpetuates itself

summer is a time for popsicles

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.

I can think of some things that would be fun, but I'm living my dreams.

I saw our daughter dance at her wedding. Her smile was like a light and it was reflected in everyone's faces, and I recognized that light. Because it was ours. We did that. We loved each other so well that it spread out into the universe and it created a new star. -Hugh Crain - The Haunting of Hill House

Second chancers must find the party. We must be the party. We must create opportunities to celebrate and become the proverbial hostess with the mostest.

So we thrash about in a pool of comparison and one-upmanship. Our lives become burdened by the heaviness of getting it right. Our joy becomes brittle, and our hearts slowly break. The only possible outcome of this hurry-up-and-matter hustle is the slow crushing of our souls.

For the rest of the day Hubert couldn't stop grinning. He grinned in the lift on the way back down to the warehouse. He grinned as he passed Mr Coulthard yelling at the new lads. And he grinned all the more later when Kenneth told him a very odd story about being sent on a wild-goose chase to the fourth floor by a girl from Haberdashery.

What makes life worth living is all the wonderful things that could happen to you.

You know, when you wait for something you really want, it makes it even more special when you finally get it.

Always, this modesty.' Magnus's tone had the slightest edge of disapproval, perhaps hinting at a lecture soon to come. 'You live your life for others, Lorgar. There is a line when selflessness becomes unhealthy. If all you do is to raise others from ignorance, when is there time for you to learn more yourself? If all you seek is a greater purpose in existence, where is the joy in your own life? Look to the future, but cherish the present.

On days like this, baseball would make Michael as happy as it ever did. No umpires. No coaches. No rules except the ones you made up.