Joy Quotes
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Moviemaking is a dirty, tiring affair. The joy comes from the possibility to be free on set and really let loose.
Luca Guadagnino
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We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Pierre Corneille
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
Moliere
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Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Khalil Gibran
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Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.
William Shakespeare
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Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?
Caroline Norton
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Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.
Carolyn Custis James
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Even Asmodeus, that limping devil who looked through rooftops at men's most secret actions, could not have told which of these thoughts masked an undercurrent of joy - the joy of the man who know that he has killed wisely and well.
Anthony Boucher
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Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.
Mariella Frostrup
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True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best.
Emanuel Geibel
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I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.
Sara Teasdale
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The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.
Albert Benjamin Simpson
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My grief lies onward, and my joy behind.
William Shakespeare
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This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.
Evelyn Underhill
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If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little work I can do. I try to give joy to one person in the morning, and remove the suffering of one person in the afternoon. If you and your friends do not despise the small work, a million people will remove a lot of suffering. That is the secret. Start right now.
Chan Khong
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Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.
William Cowper
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The purpose of life is Joy.
Esther Hicks
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The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.
Anthony Robbins
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I spend 60 hours a week on my business but I don't work for a minute. Work is hard. But what I do - writing, speaking, researching, learning, and sharing information - is pure joy. It's what I was called to do.
Carmine Gallo
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Even though many of us are working very hard at it, we rarely, if ever, experience the joy and peace that are promised in the Bible. So what’s the problem? Perhaps we are still holding the reins of our lives too tightly, afraid to surrender ourselves to God’s Spirit.
Ann Spangler
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I became disenchanted. My first impression, that of finding myself part of a fearless battle, passed. The trepidation at every exam and the joy of passing it with the highest marks had faded. Gone was the pleasure of re-educating my voice, my gestures, my way of dressing and walking, as if I were competing for the prize of best disguise, the mask worn so well that it was almost a face.
Elena Ferrante
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How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping?
William Shakespeare
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Gude nicht, and joy be wi' you a'.
Carolina Nairne