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Quotes About Joy

Self-denial is the birth pang of spiritual joy. No woman seeks birth pangs, but she willingly endures them for the pleasure of cradling an infant in her arms. It is because of the sheer delight of living for the glory of Jehovah and the satisfaction of dwelling in the presence of His majestic fellowship that Christians submit to the agonies of self-denial.
~ Walter J. Chantry
And each one of us drives love from our lives, drives the longing, the desire for happiness and peace from our lives, each time we run from generosity. There is no love, there is no peace, there is no joy without him. He and he alone is our reward exceedingly great; no physical comfort, no thing, no person can ever truly fill our lives.
~ Walter J. Ciszek
He wants men of greatest generosity and self-sacrificing," he wrote, "who renounce their own will and embrace his will instead." So, "Lord, if that is thy will in regard to me, unworthy one, I embrace it fully and promise with thy grace to remain faithful to the end to thy most holy will. This is my life, my joy, my strength and courage.
~ Walter J. Ciszek
That God's will can be discerned by the fruits of the spirit it brings. That peace of soul and joy of heart are two such signs, provided they follow upon total commitment and openness to God alone and are not founded on the self's desires.
~ Walter J. Ciszek
In failure or in success, in health or sickness, in sorrow or joy, man must turn to God, must trust in God, believing in him more each day, loving him more each day, in preparation for a future life with him.
~ Walter J. Ciszek
La maravilla de la gracia de Dios que transforma las acciones humanas carentes de valor en medios eficaces para extender el reino de Cristo en la tierra causa un asombro y una humildad sin límites, y aporta una paz y una alegría desconocidas para quienes nunca lo han experimentado e inexplicable para los que no creen.
~ Walter J. Ciszek
They told us to take anything we wanted, be we were so delighted to be free, nothing else seemed to be of any value.
~ Walter Kempowski
As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old
~ Walter Murch
Quién no ha tenido que aguantarse alguna vez a un "experto" que se toma muy en serio a sí mismo y piensa que sus conocimientos son la sapiencia encarnada? Una de las características de la inflexibilidad mental es la solemnidad, que se manifiesta, abierta o soterradamente, como una fobia a la alegría.
~ Walter Riso
Estoy hecho para hacer buenas cosas, interesantes, alegres y simpáticas, así no sean extraordinarias y fuera de serie". Te quitarás un enorme peso de encima.
~ Walter Riso
Qué es mejor? Sin duda, la luminosidad del humor, la carcajada, así sea improcedente a veces (nunca ofensiva).
~ Walter Riso
La falsa paradoja: idiota feliz o sabio infeliz queda resuelta. Hay una tercera opción mejor: sabio feliz, así sea redundante, porque no existe sabiduría sin alegría.
~ Walter Riso
un síndrome, no un valor. Pasión por vivir, hacerle el amor a la vida. Hasta el más grande de los placeres puede
~ Walter Riso
puedes ser escandalosamente feliz en medio de tu maravillosa imperfección.
~ Walter Riso
Amar es buscar el bien del otro y disfrutarlo, que su dolor nos duela y su alegría nos alegre
~ Walter Riso
Estoy hecho para hacer buenas cosas, interesantes, alegres y simpáticas, así no sean extraordinarias y fuera de serie".
~ Walter Riso
La alegría no está en alcanzar el Yo ideal, sino en el proceso mismo de viajar hacia él sin despreciarse a sí mismo y sin ansiedad.
~ Walter Riso
La felicidad no llega a la puerta, hay que buscarla y pelear por ella.
~ Walter Riso
Las mejores cosas de la vida suelen ocurrir cuando no esperamos nada.
~ Walter Riso
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
~ Walter Savage Landor
No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.
~ Walter Savage Landor
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.
~ Walter Savage Landor
There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
~ Walter Savage Landor
A mother's pride, a father's joy.
~ Walter Scott