Quotes About Joy

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.

The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There's a kind of glory to them when they're all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.

Then, a wee dude appears, sucking on a rubber johnny! We're like, what the actual!! But he's obviously happy as a pig in shit, smiling away to himself so we immediately christen him Condom Boy!

Man must first live before he can live abundantly.

Her face. And she smiling. For a moment, just that moment, you would have thought it was May morning.

It doesn't matter if what happens next spoils everything; the anticipation itself is always pure.

Life's a carnival.

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

What joy it is to dance and sing!

Why should I worry about that until it happens? That would spoil all the joy I feel today.

And a happy man had no reason to fight.

Being a parent is amazing.

I have been very, very happy. Mamma always said that even if there wasn't any happiness one must try to be happy without it.

At this moment the headmaster found Master Wesendonck's tall pile of books slipping from his grasp. He juggled frantically with them for a moment and then, to the infinite joy of the boarders and day boys, they crashed to the ground in all directions. A bevy of form masters rushed forward to the rescue. Master Wesendonck, realising with immense presence of mind that his natural enemies were for once in their proper place, grovelling on the floor, stood still and did nothing.

Perhaps as one gets older one takes one's joys altruistically,"said John, in turn thinking aloud. "I must say though I sometimes wish I could get it selfishly, just for myself, as Gay used to give me, when I was young." Lady Emily found nothing to say. John's last words fell dead on her heart. It terrified her that he could speak of his youth as a perished thing.

If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the joy of taking tickets for a play, dining well, sitting on after dinner, and finally not going at all. That, of course, is very heaven.

John made himself agreeable to any girls who looked deserted or shy, and occasionally came over to see his mother. When he went to claim Mary for their dance, he found her looking happy and excited. 'I'm

We all pretend for a while or for a lifetime. But pretending is not living...I believe that God meant for life to take our breath away, sometimes because of the sheer joy of it all and sometimes because of the severe pain. To choose living over pretending means that we will know both.

Honestly, I couldn't remember the last time I asked God to fill me with joy. Or to create a joyful spirit in my children. Goodness knows I've asked for peace and sanity and obedience. I've prayed for healing and wisdom. I've worshiped the Lord and studied His Word. But joy? How in the world did I forget about the beautiful, good, and pleasing gift of joy?

Hay que retener firmemente las cosas agradables que nos ocurren y construirse con ellas una fortaleza, y alejar en cambio a manotazos y patadas todo lo feo que se empeña en rodearnos y aplastarnos contra el suelo. Si tenía un disgusto, era capaz de plantarle cara y espantarlo como a un fantoche, pensando en los buenos momentos que había vivido y en los que aún le quedaban por gozar.