Quotes About Joy

I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.

However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

This is my story, this is my song, praising my Saviour all the day long.

I definitely hope and pray everyone has this kind of a married life - contented and happy.

You pray for days when the crappie fishing is so relentlessly good that you're giggling like a kid and the only things you're lacking in life are another stringer and an extra hour on the water. But what do you do with that pile of freshly caught crappies spilling out of your cooler? Call your pals for a mega-fry.

When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on stage. There I am, coming to lift you up and to motivate you. I want to bring joy. It's gospel, and gospel is the truth. It's what I do. I'm going to bring you the truth and lift up your spirit.

You can meditate on almost anything: a prayer, song, image or word. Close your eyes; sit in a comfortable position. Take a breath, and say the word out loud, emphasizing the humming sound at the end. When you come to the end of the breath, take another one and say the word again. And so on.

I had just gotten a job on 'Preacher' on AMC and was in New Orleans starting work on that. My agent called and said 'Are you sitting down?' and I said 'No' and he said 'Scott Rudin wants you to do 'Hello, Dolly!' and all I could say was 'Oh my God, I'll have to call you back.'

I'm not like a preacher or philosopher, but at the end of the day, life is about happiness.

I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom.

I know that money is precious - but, at least to me, laughter and expression are even more so.

I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before.

I think in vitro is a miracle and it has given me my precious little baby boy.

Children are so precious.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is more enduring than fame, more precious than riches, more to be desired than happiness.

None of us can be sure of how long we will live. Because this is so, I think you should try not to think too much about dying but think about all the nice things that make life so precious to us all.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.

I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2.

I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.