Quotes About Joy

I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.

Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys... Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house... and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both.

Ah, I could last a long time on those smiles. I would sow and reap them like wheat.

This is my road. I'm so happy you came and traveled with me.

Thank you. For making me remember the good.

I'll put on some Bing and we can believe for a marvelous, miraculous, glorious Christmas season.

It was a long while later before I heard footsteps on the stairs. Jason looked into the game room, grinned, and opened the door. "I was hoping I'd find you here." "What took you so long?" He held up the DVD for The Rookie and a bag from Ben & Jerry's. Grinning, I patted the love seat. We could be together in the house without getting into trouble. At least, we could try.

Then I felt arms come around me and pull me close. "Hey," Jason said, kissing my neck before parking his chin on my shoulder. Smiling brightly, I turned around in his arms. "Great game." "Thanks." "You hit a home run," I said, like maybe he hadn't realized it.

Whimsy is the answer to tears.

We loved life more than the future.

It is actually difficult to edit life. Especially in regard to feelings. Not being open to anger or sadness usually means being unable to be open to love and joy. The emotions seem to operate with an all-or-nothing switch.

Irrepressible hope, unsurpassable peace, inexplicable joy, unfailing comfort, patient endurance, and amazing grace await us in the dark times if we'll seek Him in them. Finding these treasures, we experience calm despite the storm. We develop spiritual beauty and spiritual strength—and others are drawn to us in their own times of need.

God, I'm so glad you're mine,

Theodore Roosevelt's quote: "Comparison is the thief of joy.

A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad.

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

This is better than being young Nelson,' thought Stephen, ' 'cause this way I'm happy just being myself.

No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen.

I'll laugh until my head comes off".

Beneath the damage she can still find moments of wonder, hints of joy. Would she even say she is optimistic? It isn't the shiny optimism that lifts Samuel, but it's a hard-won kind, born from the depths. A choice. It is enough.

Have I mentioned before how much I love Christmas?" he murmured.

But life is never exactly perfect, as much as we might want it to be. We have to figure out how to find the joy, anyway.

overcome with joy when she rolled the window down.

she fully understood the meaning of joy. Sparkle might have his magic snowball that could save Christmas, but the true magic—the only one that really mattered—was love.