Joy Quotes - Page 178

Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth.

Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold.

I want great food and wine, and friends to enjoy it all.

No complaining about how hard it is to write, we are all so, so lucky to write, to sit down, inside, and write words on paper. There is no greater freedom, no greater good, nothing that brings more joy.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.

I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.

The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy.

Until we understand that our grief outweighs a thousand joys, we will never understand what Christianity is all about.

Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.

Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.

Truth, Goodness, Beauty - those celestial thrins,Continually are born; e'en now the Universe,With thousand throats, and eke with greener smiles,Its joy confesses at their recent birth.

A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.

If you pick something you actually enjoy doing, you have fun every day of your life.

I tend to enjoy proving people wrong.

We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.

I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

The fiery force is nothing more than the life force as we know it. It is the flame of desire and love, of sex and beauty, of pleasure and joy as we consume and are consumed, as we burn with pleasure and burn out in time.

I really enjoy doing things that are more subtle and close to home - and literally close to home.

Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.

One must laugh and weep, love, work, enjoy and suffer, in short vibrate as much as possible in all his being.

I enjoy people even when they're being difficult.

I generally don't enjoy relaxing and doing nothing on holiday.

I'm in love with Earth. I truly am. And so listening is not work, to work toward a better future. It's joy. To not be able to work toward a better future would be work. That would be tough.

It would help not to treat age as if it were any less of a pleasure than it was when we were six and saying, 'I'm six and a half.' You know, we could be saying, 'I'm fifty and a half' and say it with joy. Each age is different and has different discoveries and pleasures.

When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts.