Quotes About Joy

Frank Forencich, who lives in Portland, Oregon, and writes and thinks about the role of movement and play in people's lives;

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

Every unhappy family is periodically ransacked by joy.

Through experiences we normally associate with unhappiness they achieve greater happiness than if they had sought happiness directly.

Health is my expected heaven.

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

Ever let the fancy roam,Pleasure never is at home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

It was thus that the keynote of existence was struck for me, one of mirth even in the dark of storm, and that I have since become the oldest man that ever lived, and shall doubtless continue to the end of time to hold the record for longevity, I attribute to nothing else than that, thanks to my father's droll humor, I was born smiling.

Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on wreaths of green; Whose lips have words of comfort spread Needs not the holly-berries red— His very presence scatters wide The spirit of the Christmastide.

He doesn't care if my trainers get wet because we're at the seaside and it doesn't matter at the seaside, nothing matters at the seaside.

Contentment in life is the cornerstone of happiness.

It was hard to remember in the heavy and sensual clarity of these mornings; I forgot whom I hated and who hated me. I wanted to break out crying from stabs of hopeless joy, or intolerable promise, or because these mornings were too full of beauty for me, because I knew of too much hate to be contained in a world like this.

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

The mess was three-quarters empty, but the dozen or more men at the bar seemed hell bent on making up for it by celebrating Christmas as loudly and as drunkenly as they could. It seemed a bleak variety of joy.

One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie. 'Cause it's in him and it's got to come out.

To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun.

Fleeting joy and fading ecstasy, here it goes again, oh, Sneaking fruit from the forbidden tree, sweet taste of sin

Can we wait just a minute Turn that TV off for a minute Now politics and talkin shit aint really none of my buisness Lets go and play the songs we used to play On that old school radio Let the music soothe your soul Forget about the world Im groovin with my girl Forget about the news Lets put on our dancin shoes Lets not talk about the war Do we know what they fightin for I propose that we go to the floor and we slow dance

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

business of man is to be happy

As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.