Quotes About Joy

The young lady laughed merrily--a melodious ripple of sound. I have heard women's laughter compared to the tinkle of silver bells, but to that musical tintinnabulation was now added something so deliciously human and girlish that the whole effect was nothing short of enchanting.

One of Barron's maxims is "The sure sign that God is alive in you is joy.

Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, The fields his study, Nature was his book; And, as revolving SEASONS chang'd the scene From heat to cold, tempestuous to serene, Though every change still varied his employ, Yet each new duty brought its share of joy.

Lord, grant us rest tonight, and if we must be wakeful, cheerful.

Rose Goodhall is simply the sweetest, most down to Earth model I've ever had the joy of working with on any project.

T.R. Threston is like a rose. There are many complex layers of brilliance and sweetness, however, like the thorns of a rose she needs to be handled with care and respect. She is not to be toyed with but rather she is to be welcomed as a gift of joy and love, and, she will respond in kind ten times over.

To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.

In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families — that they are least two-thirds incontinent.

Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.

In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too.

To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

In a houseful of toddlers and pets, you can start out having a bad day, but you keep getting detoured.

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.

Life is a vale of tears in which there are moments you just can't stop giggling.

How do you tell an optimist that he or she has lived a happy life by mistake?

The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives.

One day you just say "To heck with it," and you go looking for trouble, and you find happiness.

What a snapshot is to your life, your life is to eternity, so wouldn't it be nice if eternity captured you smiling?

The best things in life are not only free, they require less assembly.

The greatest gift we give to someone who loves us is simply to be happy.

You can't postpone sorrow, so why would you postpone happiness?

Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?"

Be happy, and a reason will come along.

Smile of love, a flower planted, Sprung in the garden of joy that art: Eyes that shine with a glow enchanted, Whose spreading fires encircle my heart, And warm with a noon-ray drenched in fire My land of delight, my land of desire!