Joys Quotes

642 Joys quotes by 489 unique authors

It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans,… — Henning Mankell
According to Eshin's Essentials of Salvation, the Ten Pleasures are but a drop in the ocean when compared to the joys of the Pure Land. — Yukio Mishima
Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude. — Ronald Blythe
My mother’s been living alone for over ten years. She gets up at six every morning. She makes herself a coffee. She waters her plants.… — Gregoire
I think most of us look at personal delights as somewhere between minimally important and borderline immoral. We like them, but we're not sure we… — Victoria Moran
If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow From our… — Nathaniel Cotton
The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale… — Charles Simeon
I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the… — Daniel Kahikina Akaka
Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth. — William Blake
The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need. We… — Eric Greitens
When we mourn those who die young – those who have been robbed of time – we weep for lost joys. We weep for opportunities… — Josephine Hart
Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys. — Theodore L. Cuyler
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry… — Thomas Traherne
One thing is certain, and I have always known it - the joys of my life have nothing to do with age. They do not… — May Sarton
One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways — Peter McWilliams
Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science. — Mike Brown
Gay and lesbian couples should have the right to experience the joys of marriage and family. — Bryan Cranston
My only joys therefore are that when God has given me a work to do, I have not refused it. — Charles Studd
There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and… — Edward Whymper
Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those who… — Gaston Rebuffat
Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity. — Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who also happened to… — Unknown Author
The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you. — Dom DeLuise
The dual substance of Christ- the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God... has always been a deep inscrutable mystery to me.… — Nikos Kazantzakis
I am only serious about 20% of the time; one of the great joys of my life is the fact that I alone know when… — Mark Richards

Who Wrote These Joys Quotes

489 authors contributed a total of 642 Joys Quotes, led by these top contributors: