Those who put themselves in His hands will become perfect, as He is perfect- perfect in love, wisdom, joy, beauty, health, and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The soul will bring forth Person if God laughs into her and she laughs back to him. To speak in parable, the… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“The process of living, for each of us, is pretty similar. For every gain there is a setback. For every success, a… — Sue Atchley Ebaugh Copy Share Image
Maybe the man who said that his doctor had pulled him off Prozac because One Thousand Gifts and taking the dare to… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
I'm the lucky father to two young men. When any of your kids, and your parents feel this way about you, clearly,… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Drive over to the nearest airport, and enroll in flight classes. You will experience the joy of freedom in the air above,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Happy is the house that shelters a friend! It might well be built, like a festal bower or arch, to entertain him… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I'm not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind,… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
Naturally we all have an inclination to command, and a great aversion to obey; and yet it is certain that it is… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“Life’s about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It’s about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger,… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else—our time, our love, our resources. I… — S. Truett Cathy Copy Share Image
“That's what love is like when you're young. Like spinning, filling you with excitement and joy, losing yourself in the moment. But… — Theresa Smith Copy Share Image
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
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I always try to have a positive and warm intention that is not about me. It is easy to make everything about… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Survivors have a difficult time expressing their feelings. They are more accustomed to minimizing their pain and hiding how they really feel,… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
Time will pass, and we shall go away for ever, and we shall be forgotten, our faces will be forgotten, our voices,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Lord give me this seeing faith, then my work will never be monotonous. I will find joy in humoring the fancies and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The soul that has come to know God fully no longer desires anything else, nor does it attach itself to anything on… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
“Sylvia possessed a deeply conditioned respect for authority. She wanted desperately to live up to the expectations of a society that viewed… — Elizabeth Winder Copy Share Image
“Fruits of the Spirit GOODNESS and KINDNESS live in the hearts of those who have suffered greatly, as the wounded tend to… — Cheryl Zelenka Copy Share Image
The gospel of God and the love of God are expressed finally and fully in God's gift of himself for our everlasting… — John Piper Copy Share Image
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The true joy of humankind is in doing that which is most proper to our nature; and the first property of people… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like… — Vilayat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
You're drinking in the joy of life,' Bear told her when she tried to explain why she was laughing. 'There's so much… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
“The joy of travel does not lie in reaching the destination, but in the companions met with on the journey, the changing… — A.R. Calhoon Copy Share Image
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“And what is there to be joyful about?" I asked honestly, thinking on the images of dead children curled into themselves at… — Fisher Amelie Copy Share Image
There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
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