Quotes About Joy

The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. . . . The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. . . . When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world.

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

The size of a man's understanding may always be justly measured by his mirth.

Pleasure is seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

By day the frolic, and the dance by night.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

God direct you according to them, and comfort you! All my fear was (and that more particularly for some of the last past months) that I should have been the mournful survivor. In a very few moments all my sufferings will be over; and God give you, when you come to this unavoidable period of all human vanity, the same happy prospects that are now opening to me! O Sir, believe me, all worldly joys are now nothing; less than nothing:

More joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety-and-nine just persons, who need it not.

Mr. Singleton smiled, and look'd as if delighted with all he saw and heard. Once, indeed, he try'd to speak: His mouth actually open'd, to give passage to his words; as sometimes seems to be his way before the words are quite ready: But he sat down satisfied with the effort.

In nature there is nothing melancholy

Joy lift her spirit, joy attune her voice; To her may all things live, from pole to pole, Their life the eddying of her living soul! O simple spirit, guided from above, Dear Lady! friend devoutest of my choice, Thus mayest thou ever, evermore rejoice.

We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.

That Nature ne'er deserts the wise and pure; No plot so narrow, be but Nature there, No waste so vacant, but may well employ Each faculty of sense, and keep the heart Awake to Love and Beauty! and sometimes 'Tis well to be bereft of promis'd good, That we may lift the soul, and contemplate With lively joy the joys we cannot share.

We all know people who are stimulating, fun, easygoing, and enjoyable to be with. When we're with them, we feel better about ourselves, and when we leave them, we feel satisfied, as if we've been given something to take with us. These are the energy boosters of the world—they send out "happy signals" because they're happy with themselves.

He braced himself for happiness like he'd never known in his entire life.

left my box of cubicle gear in the trunk, stashed like a dead body. I pasted on a smile and walked into the house. My mother was just hanging up the phone and looked exultant. "Guess what?" she said.

In reality happiness is a state of mind - it is an experience

She wasn't any bigger than a minute and had hair like wild gold, and she was always merry as a marriage bell.

You may hate being pregnant, but the minute the baby is born, she is God's precious child, given to you as a gift.

Will was dead, but Missouri Ann was going to have a baby. Birth and death were God's way, she told herself. Joy and sorrow were joined together.