Quotes About Joy

If you're to achieve the peace, joy, and spiritual fulfillment that you want so badly, it depends upon one thing and one thing only— your willingness to simply do something different.

If you walk through your fear that something must be wrong with you, then what you always find on the other side is that there's nothing wrong with you. And there's nothing to be afraid of," he tells her. "What happens then?" Katie asks, sobbing. "When you get to that other side, there's only one thing waiting—joy.

In jazz, time is your friend, and when you find your own swing, or the swing time in any group activity, actual time flies, yes. But it's flying to where you want to be. And when you get there, you realize the ride is the destination. That's the joy of swinging.

No es en la cama donde una madre, embriagada de felicidad por el nacimiento de su hijo, olvida sus dolores? Es ahí donde los fantásticos gozos, producto de la imaginación y la esperanza, vienen a agitarnos. En fin, es en este mueble delicioso que olvidamos durante la mitad de la vida los pesares de la otra mitad

Yo creo que dos personas que se hacen reír tienen derecho a todo.

Un día me dijeron que la felicidad consiste en no querer moverse de donde uno esta. Si eso es verdad, aquél fue el día más feliz de mi vida.

When the inhabitants of a free city have overcome the enemy in the field, it is not easy to express the pleasure which they feel in putting their opponents to flight, as well as in pursuing and making havoc of them.

A smile is the most beautiful colour in the world.

His joy had little to do with the difficulty of the problem. Simple or hard, the pleasure was in sharing it with us.

The stronger my feelings for you become, the greater my fear, and the more freely I abandon myself to baseless speculations and anxieties. Yet the more I immerse myself in the profound joy of loving you. I beg of you to go on living in this world I inhabit. I suppose you find this a rather ridiculous request, but to me it is of the utmost importance that you simply exist.

And even if a memory disappears completely, the heart retains something. A slight tremor or pain, some bit of joy, a tear.

My memories don't feel as though they've been pulled up by the root. Even if they fade, something remains. Like tiny seeds that might germinate again if the rain falls. And even if a memory disappears completely, the heart retains something. A slight tremor or pain, some bit of joy, a tear.

If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.

We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales.

I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on the beach and I'm happy.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

Quand la femme n'est pas l'ambition suprême de l'homme, quand elle n'est pas la fin de toute initiative en ce monde, la vie ne mériterait ni ses joies ni ses peines

An aurora borealis rises over festive orchards; the branches of the trees immediately begin to bud, to blossom, to bend under the weight of their fruit. The child runs through the wild grass, heading for the Wall. It collapses like a big cardboard box, broadening the horizon and exorcising the fields, which extend over the plains as far as the eye can see...Run...And the child runs, laughing all the while, his arms spread out like a bird's wings.

Was I happy after that? I think so. I experienced moments of pleasure, moments of unforgettable joy; I loved again and dreamed again like a wide-eyed boy. And yet I always felt there was something missing, something that left me somehow crippled, in short that I only every hovered on the fringes of happiness.

Le bonheur n'est pas la récompense de la vertu. Il est la vertu elle-même. 

Envidiar es renegar de sí mismo, joven. Te vuelves triste y malvado y no ganas nada a cambio. Los únicos momentos que importan son los que nos producen alguna alegría. Lo demás es puro derroche. Si quieres escribir, escribe. Pero no es criticando el talento ajeno como se afianza el propio. El talento no es negociable.

Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.

just be what you want to be and you will be happy