Joy Quotes - Page 55

That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp. What else could there possibly be to life? Eating was a thrill. Pissing was a treat. Shitting was a joy. And licking your own balls? Bliss. And everywhere you went were gullible humans who patted and hugged and fussed over you.

When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.

Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.

The world that we must seek is a world in which the creative spirit is alive, in which life is an adventure full of joy and hope, based rather upon the impulse to construct than upon the desire to retain what we possess or to seize what is possessed by others.

In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is joy in that success, and a distinction can come from courage, fidelity and industry.

Ask to know what you are born to do. Follow the compass of joy.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.

Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

Remember that your natural state is joy.

To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts, to feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom - one brief hour of madness and joy.

I also think that life itself is both indifferent to us and the source of all of our joys and everything that we love. And it's necessary to accept the one in order to love the other.

We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

You increase your joy by increasing the pure joy of others.

The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy.

Don't put off joy and happiness. Strive to live each day to its fullest, squeezing all the joy you can out of each moment. Instead of measuring your life's value by your progress toward a single goal, remember that the direction you're headed in is more important than temporary results.

A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it.

One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.

As long as I can enjoy something, other people can enjoy it, too.

If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.

The continual mismanagement is what keeps us from enjoying the full pallet of emotions that truly enrich us. .

Adultery is a meanness and a stealing, a taking away from someone what should be theirs, a great selfishness, and surrounded and guarded by lies lest it should be found out. And out of meanness and selfishness and lying flow love and joy and peace beyond anything that can be imagined.

Acting is about communicating what it is like to be human: the pain, the laughs, the misery, the joy. I suppose I am searching to have it all.

It's fine to have talent, but talent is the last of it. In an acting career, as in an acting performance, you've got to have vitality. The secret of successful acting is identical with a woman's beauty secret: joy in living.