Quotes About Joy

Respect was mingled with surprise,And the stern joy which warriors feelIn foemen worthy of their steel.

When dark December glooms the day, And takes our autumn joys away...

Heap on more wood!—the wind is chill;But let it whistle as it will,We'll keep our Christmas merry still.

I decided that my life was a gift from God, and my happiness was not dependent upon children, a husband, or any of the other things I had once thought were the source of happiness. It's about being able to accept the bitter and sweet parts of life.~Lois Troyer

I wish you would stop being so negative. I'm not being negative; I'm just facing the truth. The truth is you have a lot to learn about how God wants us to live, and unless you allow Him to fill your heart with joy and love, I'm afraid you'll be living less of a life than my crippled granddaughter.

Seated alone by shadowy bamboos, I strum my lyre and laugh aloud; None know that I am here, deep in the woods; Only the bright moon comes to shine on me.

The people celebrate with our traditional dancing: the women clapping their hands and chanting, their low sweet voices humming across the desert night, and the men leaping high into the air. Everyone contributes food, and we eat

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

Roko Belic, who believes that "gratitude is a shortcut to happiness.

But the happiest people he encountered —including some living extremely modestly—had a strong connection to those around them. "They laughed and really enjoyed being around the people they love.

What? I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles.

Presently a choir of small voices chanted forth an old Christmas carol, the burden of which was— Rejoice, our Saviour he was born On Christmas Day in the morning. I rose softly, slipt on my clothes, opened the door suddenly, and beheld one of the most beautiful little fairy groups that a painter could imagine. It consisted of a boy and two girls, the eldest not more than six, and lovely as seraphs. They were going the rounds of the house and singing at every chamber door

He keeps up the rustic revels . . . and,, above all, keeps the 'merry night,' as it is termed, at Christmas.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

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The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one. -Kenshin to Eiji

Keep your sense of humor, my friend if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.

When we come to understand that the Christian life is something that I "get to do," not something I "have to do," then we are coming near to the Christ life.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. (Psalm 51:12)

It is important to become aware that at every moment of our life we have an opportunity to choose joy. . . . It is in the choice that our true freedom lies, and that freedom is, in the final analysis, the freedom to love." HENRI NOUWEN

Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think.

Your life is not a problem to be solved but a gift to be opened.