Joy Quotes · Page 115

“Joy is not a mood; it is a deliberate state of mind that one can develop.”

— Frank Lunn

The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

— Saadi

Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Ecstasy cannot be constant, or it would kill.

— Eleanor Farjeon

A well-balanced person is one who finds both sides of an issue laughable.

— Herbert V. Prochnow

Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

— Nina Simone

Our own true nature is Infinite Joy! Always happy, Always peaceful, Always free.

— Swami Satchidananda

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The richness of the human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome.

— Helen Keller

“The nature of life is mess, chaotic, exquisitely beautiful, excruciatingly painful, immensely joy-filled, and unpredictable.”

— Debra Moffitt

The cross of Christ, embraced with love, never brings sadness with it, but joy, the joy of being saved and of doing…

— Pope Francis

For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand - fearing naught and dreading no exposure.

— James Whistler

“There the rose of joy bloomed immortal by dale and stream; clouds never darkened the sunny sky; sweet bells never jangled out…

— L.M. Montgomery

There's a joy in having the molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people…

— Mike Myers

It was their mothers, long ago. Tibby noted with joy that all four of them were wearing jeans.

— Ann Brashares

“Many were the steps taken in doubt, that saw their shapeless ends in no time. Those who travail in faith today will…

— Israelmore Ayivor

And that's why i have to go back to so many places there to find myself and constantly examine myself with no…

— Pablo Neruda

“But this pleasure was not unalloyed with pain, and it seemed as if the universal joy of the awakening world could now…

— Guy de Maupassant

I sing for the joy of music... when I go back home with the satisfaction that today I recorded a good song…

— Neeti Mohan

Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader…

— Eboo Patel

I think all the songs [at Moth] are about different things, but if we were to speak about it as a whole,…

— Caroline Polachek

Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you…

— Erica Jong

Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you needwhen you can…

— Leonard Ravenhill

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too…

— Bernhard Schlink

Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love.

— Mother Teresa

“We would never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”

— Helen Keller

Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change.

— Hudson Taylor

Gloom we have always with us, a rank and sturdy weed, but joy requires tending.

— Barbara Holland

Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.

— Matthew Henry

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

— Whitney Houston

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

— George Foster

“To desire the Lord is to delight in the light.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The worst killing is that which kills the joy we get from life.”

— Paulo Coelho

Pain is inevitable ... misery is optional ... choose joy

— Tim Hansel

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

— C. S. Lewis

“Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Rather than have joy, I would rather be absent of pain.

— Chuck Berry

Love always, in one way or another, means pain as well as joy.

— Susan Glaspell

“Stand strong in your value. That starts by knowing your value.”

— Julieanne O'Connor

Where your delight is, the rest of your world is going to follow.

— Matt Chandler