--- title: "16 Eternal Joy Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Eternal Joy quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Eternal Joy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/thomas-s-monson-409_death_dedicated-missionary-service-returns-a-d_2782943.png" --- > [Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-s-monson/dedicated-missionary-service-returns-a-dividend-of-eternal-joy-which/) [Thomas S. Monson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-s-monson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/thomas-s-monson-409_death_dedicated-missionary-service-returns-a-d_2782943.png) > [“And when my days run out, I will have lived just a blink of time and the rest will be eternal joy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abby-danielle-burlbaugh/and-when-my-days-run-out-i-will-have-lived-just-a-blink-of-time-and/) [Abby Danielle Burlbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abby-danielle-burlbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/abby-danielle-burlbaugh-215926_eternal_and-when-my-days-run-out-i-will-have-liv_337188.jpg) > [Choosing to embark on an inner journey leads to eternal joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lovella-bargas/choosing-to-embark-on-an-inner-journey-leads-to-eternal-joy/) [Lovella Bargas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lovella-bargas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/lovella-bargas-257907_eternal_choosing-to-embark-on-an-inner-journey-l_2274490.jpg) > [“Eternal joy arises by living in the 'permanent room'. Living in the 'temporary room' gives temporary joy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/eternal-joy-arises-by-living-in-the-permanent-room-living-in-the/) [Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/dada-bhagwan-31_eternal_eternal-joy-arises-by-living-in-the-perm_3136055.jpg) > [“Oh! The blissful sounds of nature Sink deep into your heart Give eternal joy, All anxiety melts away. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/balroop-singh/oh-the-blissful-sounds-of-nature-sink-deep-into-your-heart-give/) [Balroop Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/balroop-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/balroop-singh-15795_joy_oh-the-blissful-sounds-of-nature-sink-de_544712.jpg) > [The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyland/the-ocean-stirs-the-heart-inspires-the-imagination-and-brings-eternal/) [Robert Wyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/robert-wyland-58005_beach_the-ocean-stirs-the-heart-inspires-the-i_2561642.png) > [For whoso dies for Christ, he is conqueror and is delivered from all misery and attains the eternal joy to which may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hus/for-whoso-dies-for-christ-he-is-conqueror-and-is-delivered-from-all/) [Jan Hus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/jan-hus-20326_attains_for-whoso-dies-for-christ-he-is-conquero_1475249.jpg) > [Eternal joy can never be taken from God's people. Therefore ambition, restlessness, and avarice can be put away for the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-horton/eternal-joy-can-never-be-taken-from-god-s-people-therefore-ambition/) [Michael Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-horton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/michael-horton-14597_ambition_eternal-joy-can-never-be-taken-from-god_2547630.jpg) > [Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/whoever-has-known-the-love-of-god-loves-the-whole-world-and-never/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/silouan-the-athonite-14548_burden_whoever-has-known-the-love-of-god-loves_2271240.jpg) > [“I can hardly conceive of any educated man believing in God at all without believing that God contains in Himself every perfection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/i-can-hardly-conceive-of-any-educated-man-believing-in-god-at-all/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/g-k-chesterton-224_educated-man_i-can-hardly-conceive-of-any-educated-ma_1925165.jpg) > [Life never stops. The torment of men will be eternal, unless the function of creating and acting and changing, living intensely through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/le-corbusier/life-never-stops-the-torment-of-men-will-be-eternal-unless-the/) [Le Corbusier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/le-corbusier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/le-corbusier-13818_acting_life-never-stops-the-torment-of-men-will_2602628.jpg) > [Apart from worshiping God, everything becomes superficial. But when you understand the driving force behind everything, all of a sudden there's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/apart-from-worshiping-god-everything-becomes-superficial-but-when-you/) [Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/matt-chandler-2213_amount_apart-from-worshiping-god-everything-bec_2289335.jpg) > [“For the person who is grounded in the timeless truth of the universe, there is no life and no death. He or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee/for-the-person-who-is-grounded-in-the-timeless-truth-of-the-universe/) [Ilchi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilchi-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/ilchi-lee-1445_death_for-the-person-who-is-grounded-in-the-ti_1427211.png) > [Shouldn't we suppose that many of our most painful ordeals will look quite different a million years from now, as we recall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-alcorn/shouldn-t-we-suppose-that-many-of-our-most-painful-ordeals-will-look/) [Randy Alcorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-alcorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/randy-alcorn-1180_agony_shouldn-t-we-suppose-that-many-of-our-mo_1575213.jpg) > [“Suppose after all that death does end all. Next to eternal joy, next to being forever with those we love and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/suppose-after-all-that-death-does-end-all-next-to-eternal-joy-next-to/) [Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/robert-g-ingersoll-4527_atheism_suppose-after-all-that-death-does-end-al_318299.jpg) > [ “The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: "You \[God\] will make known to me the path… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-plain-from-psalm-16-11-you-god/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/john-piper-255_eternity_the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-p_278551.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eternal-joy/#itemlist", "name": "Eternal Joy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dedicated missionary service returns a dividend of eternal joy which extends throughout mortality and into eternity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas S. 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Next to eternal joy, next to being forever with those we love and those who have loved us, next to that, is to be wrapt in the dreamless drapery of eternal peace. Next to eternal life is eternal sleep. Upon the shadowy shore of death the sea of trouble casts no wave. Eyes that have been curtained by the everlasting dark, will never know again the burning touch of tears. Lips touched by eternal silence will never speak again the broken words of grief. Hearts of dust do not break. The dead do not weep. Within the tomb no veiled and weeping sorrow sits, and in the rayless gloom is crouched no shuddering fear. I had rather think of those I have loved, and lost, as having returned to earth, as having become a part of the elemental wealth of the world – I would rather think of them as unconscious dust, I would rather dream of them as gurgling in the streams, floating in the clouds, bursting in the foam of light upon the shores of worlds, I would rather think of them as the lost visions of a forgotten night, than to have even the faintest fear that their naked souls have been clutched by an orthodox god. I will leave my dead where nature leaves them. Whatever flower of hope springs up in my heart I will cherish, I will give it breath of sighs and rain of tears. But I cannot believe that there is any being in this universe who has created a human soul for eternal pain. I would rather that every god would destroy himself; I would rather that we all should go to eternal chaos, to black and starless night, than that just one soul should suffer eternal agony. I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock I stand. – That he will not torture the forgiving. – Upon that rock I stand. – That every man should be true to himself, and that there is no world, no star, in which honesty is a crime. Upon that rock I stand. The honest man, the good woman, the happy child, have nothing to fear, either in this world or the world to come. Upon that rock I stand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert G. 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This is plain from Psalm 16:11: \"You [God] will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.\" Fullness of joy and eternal joy cannot be improved. Nothing is fuller than full, and nothing is longer than eternal. And this joy is owing to the presence of God, not the accomplishments of man. Therefore, if God wants to love us infinitely and delight us fully and eternally, he must preserve for us the one thing that will satisfy us totally and eternally; namely, the presence and worth of his own glory. He alone is the source of full and lasting pleasure. Therefore, his commitment to uphold and display his glory is not vain, but virtuous. God is the one being for whom self-exaltation is an infinitely loving act. If he revealed himself to the proud and self-sufficient and not to the humble and dependent, he would belittle the very glory whose worth is the foundation of our joy. 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