Joy Quotes
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I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.
William Dean Howells -
What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my fingers in a cataract of rippling notes, or to clamber over a stone wall into green fields that tumble and roll and climb in riotous gladness!
Helen Keller
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Worry about tomorrow steals the joy from today.
Barbara Cameron -
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
Seneca the Younger -
The more you give yourself to others, the more joy and peace will flow into your own life.
Thomas Kinkade -
Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.
Mother Teresa -
The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
Confucius -
Do you want a world with . . . more joy and happiness? Then find your own joy and happiness and contribute to the joy and happiness of others.
Bo Lozoff
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“Not all battles can be won. Not all lives can be saved. And no matter how we wish it, not all songs end in joy.”
C.L. Wilson -
True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
Seneca the Younger -
May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.
Euripides -
As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them, I feel sorry. They are missing out.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
I do a lot of to-dos and a lot of lists. I realized I had to make room for joy. So I added "to feel" items on my to-do list. That's something you can easily do.
Bonnie St. John -
It's my destiny to make a place where people can come and be happy: a garden of joy.
Niki de Saint Phalle
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So deep and meaningful is the joy and the enthusiasm that is born in one's mind and heart by human love and helpfulness that it has the power to motivate for a lifetime. . . . You don't have to be a doctor to say or do that which puts light in a human eye or joy on a human face. Simply practice Jesus' commandment that we love one another. Go out and do something for somebody. These are the things that make happy people. Here is the one never-failing source of the joy and enthusiasm we are talking about.
Norman Vincent Peale -
Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.
Helen Keller -
The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.
William Feather -
A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the joy to be found even in destruction.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
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 -
Whatsoever Venus bids Is a joy excelling, Never in an evil heart Did she make her dwelling.
Archpoet
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An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.
William Minto -
Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.
David Hawkins -
Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.
Charles Dickens -
Struggle is the meaning of life; defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man’s duty and should be his joy.
Aga Khan III