Joy Quotes - Page 53

Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.

The secret of joy is hidden in the word itself: first J, then O, then Y: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.

JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.

A genius of comedy His talent brought joy and Laughter to all the world.

Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.

Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.

Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

To miss out on joy is to miss out on the reason for your existence.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

If you are wearing clothes that you enjoy wearing, everything you do in life becomes fun.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Recognize joy when it arrives in the plain brown wrappings of everyday life.

[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult realization, of a sounder structure, and of a revelation more complete. The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul, is to be read, not as a contradiction, but as a transcendence of the universal tragedy of man. ...Tragedy is the shattering of the forms and of our attachment to the forms...

Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

What joy there is in hearing yourself think, and to make that thinking into ink.

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

Life is a highway - the enjoyment you get depends on the lane you choose.