Joy Quotes
7182 quotes by 3368 authors
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He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: 'For Justice all place…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It…
— Robert Kennedy
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I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and…
— Jack Canfield
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People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing…
— Penn Jillette
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Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true…
— Bryant H. McGill
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Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a…
— Susan B. Anthony
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The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they are isolated from…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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States are more like people than they are like anything else: they exist by purpose, reason, suffering, and joy. And peace between states is also…
— Roger Scruton
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I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a father's joy.
— James McGreevey
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My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking.
— Christopher Meloni
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With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I…
— Phoebe Snow
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All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational…
— Bell Hooks
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The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.
— Samuel Johnson
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Take with you the joy of Easter to the home, and make that home bright with more unselfish love, more hearty service...
— John Ellerton
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Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life…
— Thomas Adams
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You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches,…
— Brian Tracy
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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
— William Wordsworth
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I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride…
— Edward Gibbon
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Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.
— Joel Osteen
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When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings…
— Joel Osteen
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