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Joy Quotes - Page 21

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.

"'Factor' TV Icon: Evel Knievel". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. January 25, 2008.

I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it.

Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.183, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.

Carolyn Custis James (2002). “When Life and Beliefs Collide: How Knowing God Makes a Difference”, p.146, Zondervan

The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.

Bert Hellinger, Gabriele Ten Hövel (1999). “Acknowledging what is: Conversations with Bert Hellinger”, p.162, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

William Butler Yeats (2010). “The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

Great joys, like griefs, are silent.

Shackerley Marmion (1875). “The Dramatic Works of Shackerley Marmion with Prefatory Memoir: Introduction and Notes”, p.82, Edinburgh : W. Paterson

To Him I owe my life and breath, And all the joys I have; He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave.

Samuel Stennett (1824). “The works ...: now first collected into a body: with some account of his life and writings”, p.539

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Ossie Davis (2006). “Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.271, Simon and Schuster