Quotes About Joy

Often do I strive to allay the burning fever of my blood; and you have never witnessed anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as my heart. But need I confess this to you, my dear friend, who have so often endured the anguish of witnessing my sudden transitions from sorrow to immoderate joy, and from sweet melancholy to violent passions? I treat my poor heart like a sick child, and gratify its every fancy. Do not mention this again: there are people who would censure me for it.

Care has nested in the heart's depths, Restless, she rocks there, spoiling joy and rest, [645] There she works her secret pain, And wears new masks, ever and again, Appears

In the same way, the most restless of travellers ends up pining for his homeland once again, and discovers in his cottage, in the arms of his wife and amidst his children, and in the labours that are necessary to support them, that joy he sought in vain in the wide world.

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

The thought of the future life with its prerogatives and joys helps to make the trials of the present seem light and transient.

The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.

Enjoy life, because life is phenomenal! It's a magnificent trip!

The purpose of life is to be happy.

The only joy in this hard life is serving others.

Life is laughter amid a rosary of death.

The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now.

I am only serious about 20% of the time; one of the great joys of my life is the fact that I alone know when that is.

Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.

Life is beautiful, enjoy every moment of it.

Life is short, you better make the most of it.

You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child.

I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.

What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.

Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's.

The best things in life are not only free, but the line is shorter.

Live life to the fullest.