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> [“And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kahlil-gibran/and-to-the-open-handed-the-search-for-one-who-shall-receive-is-joy/)

[Kahlil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kahlil-gibran/)

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> [“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-mcgeady/there-is-no-greater-joy-nor-greater-reward-than-to-make-a-fundamental/)

[Mary Rose McGeady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-mcgeady/)

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> [“Find your own joy within and then greater joy will be added to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/find-your-own-joy-within-and-then-greater-joy-will-be-added-to-you/)

[Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/)

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> [In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/in-spite-of-this-trial-which-takes-all-enjoyment-from-me-i-can-never/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

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> [“Some of you say, 'Joy is greater thar sorrow,' and others say, 'Nay, sorrow is the greater.' But I say unto you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kahlil-gibran/some-of-you-say-joy-is-greater-thar-sorrow-and-others-say-nay-sorrow/)

[Kahlil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kahlil-gibran/)

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> [“I believe I am to have enough to live on for about eighteen months at any rate, so that if I may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-believe-i-am-to-have-enough-to-live-on-for-about-eighteen-months-at/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“No joy could be greater, they knew, than that of being acknowledged a master, as he was. So he gave up trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mile-zola/no-joy-could-be-greater-they-knew-than-that-of-being-acknowledged-a/)

[Émile Zola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mile-zola/)

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> [“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kahlil-gibran/when-you-are-sorrowful-look-again-in-your-heart-and-you-shall-see-2/)

[Kahlil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kahlil-gibran/)

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> [Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/joy-increases-as-you-give-it-and-diminishes-as-you-try-to-keep-it/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

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> [“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kahlil-gibran/when-you-are-joyous-look-deep-into-your-heart-and-you-shall-find-it/)

[Kahlil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kahlil-gibran/)

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