Joy Quotes - Page 66

You have the strength to push back against what others are making you think or do. You use that muscle of confidence. In the same way, joy is from the inside out, and not letting the things on the outside define you.

Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.

People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude.

He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than compulsion.

I had passed on from life, from the world of struggles and hardship and big fat women with annoying laughs, and entered a glorious new existence of utter peace, and joy, and love. And then some git brought me back to life

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

I mean it's the writing, not the being read, that excites me.

The most reliable joy is to be out of doors, to be a creature among other creatures. I find it very restful.

And when Paul dove to embrace me, the look on his face was one of absolute, perfect joy—the kind of joy that can't be reproached, stolen, or marred—the kind that only the innocent or the ignorant are capable of experiencing.

Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.

The purpose of dharma is to help your mind to expand, to grow, to clarify. It should uphold us and create an inner sense of peace, joy, and clarity.

Jesus is all the world to me my life, my joy, my all. He is my strength from day to day Without Him, I would fall.

Any joy, creativity or wisdom our next moment brings will ensue from the way we live our present one.

You can become a night watchman and live happily. It is what you are inwardly that matters. Your inner peace and joy you have to earn. It is much more difficult than earning money. No university can teach you to be yourself.

I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

Christopher McCandless:"I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it

Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it.