Quotes About Joy

In God we may "rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory" (1 Peter 1:8). "Men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed" (Psalm 72:17). Let

We were running all over the front lawn and under the rainspouts, barefooted, in our underpants, with the rain pelting down, straight cold gray rain of Delta summers, wonderful rain. -Mexico

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

Yet they also had loved life. They had loved it the more, John would tell her, because it was fugitive; they had loved it for the sake of the surprise, the danger, the brittleness of the moment.

Grandpa says we've got everything to make us happy but happiness.

Richard knew he was fighting for his life, and he was terribly happy.

I was a lowly puddle of plasma, trading "I am alive" for a vague "I tend to exist" and weeping for joy over the sheer revelation.

more than once, and even her dad had mentioned it, laughingly. "That's

entire floor was covered in thick, spongy blue mats like the ones in the gym at school, so you could jump around, fall down, do somersaults — anything! — without getting hurt. David's mom and dad

He had a white patch in the shape of a heart on his chest, and ears that flopped over in the cutest way, and shiny brown eyes. Buddy was the best thing that had ever happened to Charles. He was huggable and so much fun to play with, and he never, ever told anybody a single one of the secrets that Charles whispered into his ears.

Mom! Wow, what are you doing here?

Princess licked Angela's nose. Whatever. Just keep the love coming!

That's the great thing about movies, Hitch. The end is the end; everything is resolved one way or the other. You feel joyful or peaceful or relieved, or sometimes disturbed or depressed. But if it's a good ending, if satisfies you, even if it's sad. The war is over, the guy gets the girl, whatever. Real life is a whole lot messier. It doesn't end when things are at a good stopping points" -Uncle Walt

Loving is the heart of living

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.

I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter.

The sun danced through the small leaves of the oak, turning them saffron and dappling the blankets with the ghosts of baby leaves. Ewan very seriously filled all the glasses with bluebells, and gave them water from the stream, so the picnic turned from a very formal affair, all heavy silver and starched linen, to a child's tea party.

From here she could see miles of dark emerald forest with just a few birds erupting from its depths like flying fish skimming an ocean ... 'Annabel!' Ewan called. She looked down. He was standing in water, after all. So without a moment's trepidation, she launched herself from the downed carriage, coming home to his arms with all the security and the pleasure of child leaping from the second stair.

I suppose this is your way of telling me that you are outrageously happy?' Quill nodded. 'Of course.' 'Living with you is an act of interpretation, do you know that?' 'Living with you is...bliss. Did you know that?

God, I've missed you so much

And his celebration woke up Henry and Leo

The joy of the struggle! That is the keynote of immortality, the keynote of power. Let this be my final message to the world. Tell them to enjoy their struggles, to thrill at the endless possibilities of combination and creation, to live in the moment while preparing for long hence, and not to exaggerate the importance of momentary failures and disappointments.

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.