Quotes About Joy

Christians know that joy is more than a feeling or an on-again, off-again sentiment that changes according to the circumstances they face. Followers of Jesus Christ distinguish between lasting joy and situational happiness. Fun and joy are not necessarily synonymous. We believe we can experience inner joy with no special external stimulus to make us happy.

Feelings are involuntary reactions, so God does not say, Feel joy. He says, Rejoice! It's a choice.

Joy is found in Jesus when we rejoice in Him. We can rejoice our way to joy!

Choose joy! Joy is a choice. Joy is a witness. Joy is a therapy. Joy is a habit. If Jesus, who drank so deeply of the world's sorrow, could be filled with so much fun and laughter, then so can I.

A song is not a song until you sing it A bell is not a bell until you ring it Love is not Love until you give it away

How did I come to be an artist ? Endless curiosity, observation, research - and a great amount of joy in the thing

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

All I've got to be is be happy

People, too, are more open in summer, moving through the house and each other's lives as freely as the wind.

My earliest memory of dancing is that I won a dance contest in Jamaica when I was 6.

One of my first races came over 10km in 2002. I won that race and it felt great. I would say that is when I first fell in love with running.

After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.

I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.

I do remember dancing in my living room when my short story 'The Laughing Man Meets Little Cat' won a Chizine fiction contest in 2002.

Our friend, Timothy J. Russert, was a man who awoke every morning as if he had just won the lottery the day before. He was determined to take full advantage of his good fortune that he couldn't quite believe and share it with everyone around him.

I'll never forget when we won that game my rookie year versus Kansas City. We won one game, we were 1-10, and to sit there and watch everybody celebrate, there's nothing like it. I just sat there and enjoyed it.

I feel like I won the Lotto, as far as that show's concerned.

The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless in terms of what you can creatively do.

I've always tried to retain that childlike wonder.

It suddenly struck me - I'm 70 years old. I wonder if I could possibly end my life the way I started it: doing the most joyful thing I ever did, which is to sing.

Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.

When you listen to a song, it should make you sit up and wonder, 'Hey, what is this!' or give you an inexplicable feeling of joy or relate beautifully to the music in you.

Being hummed at by someone with magic hands while they knead your neck is good for the soul, but it won't make you giggle for days afterwards. In fact, the second the smiley therapist stops and says, 'You can put your robe on now, the hour is up,' the joy and wonder sort of leaves the room.

My dad and I used to play Prince, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, The Parliaments, and a lot of older funk bands while cooking breakfast in the morning.