Joy Quotes
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Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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The best way to show your gratitude to God and people is to accept everything with joy....We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs from a heart that is in love with God. All over the world people are hungry and thirsty for God's love. We meet that hunger by spreading joy. Joy is one of the best safeguards against temptation.
Mother Teresa
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For every negative that is a disappointment, there is one that is a joy.
Edward S. Curtis
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While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding, Let us chime in a peal, one and all, For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.
Thomas Hood
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Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.
Shawn Achor
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Few have greater riches than the joy That comes to us in visions, In dreams which nobody can take away.
Euripides
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Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel!
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I saw her fly toward the asphalt and felt a cruel joy. She seemed to me, as she fell, an ugly creature.
Elena Ferrante
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With satanic joy in his face, the black-haired Jewish youth lurks in wait for the unsuspecting girl whom he defiles with his blood, thus stealing her from her people.
Adolf Hitler
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
Walt Whitman
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The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation - This story begins and ends in joy.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.
George R. R. Martin
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I'm a spiritual person, I believe that if you read the bible, you get what you want from it. But, when you actually read it, you see the beauty, spirituality, the joy and love and what makes us godly. And then if you read between the lines of all the same books, you always see the human influence in the writing... it's not all about religiousness, it's about spirituality.
Carlos Mencia
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Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.
Mother Teresa
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Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable. But this is how it was for the two of them. Love and hate. Life and death. Joy and anguish.
Melissa de la Cruz
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The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.
Andre Dubus
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My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.
Michael Jackson
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Honestly, I couldn’t remember the last time I asked God to fill me with joy. Or to create a joyful spirit in my children. Goodness knows I’ve asked for peace and sanity and obedience. I’ve prayed for healing and wisdom. I’ve worshiped the Lord and studied His Word. But joy? How in the world did I forget about the beautiful, good, and pleasing gift of joy?
Angela Thomas
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Notice, for example, that people who talk about "the joys of childhood" are always adults. Only an adult, utterly remote from the reality of childhood, could suppose it is time of joys.
Russell Baker
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The gift of Truthovercomes all gifts.The joy of Truthovercomes all pleasures.The taste of Truthovercomes all sweetness.
Gautama Buddha
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You can only feel creative when there is joy. When there is a sense of passion.
Andreas Moritz
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Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy.
Ernest Holmes
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When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
Todd Solondz
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Repentance is the gateway through which the Gospel can come to us. Repentance is the gateway to a joy-filled life with Christ, for it is the prerequisite for attaining forgiveness, and wherever forgiveness is received, there is salvation and joy.
Basilea Schlink