Joy Quotes - Page 77

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

It's hard to be sad when you're laughing, so I enjoy making people happy.

Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.

Don't be shaped by regret, disappointment, fear of the future, resentment and the like. The Lord's joy is your strength. Enjoy it.

There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.

I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'.

Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. But it's not like a compulsive need to be liked. Like my need to be praised.

Those who wallow around in the sickness of their immorality and degeneracy get very little joy out of life here and certainly not much promise is held out for them hereafter.

If you're saddened by another's sorrow, then sorrow will never come to you. If you are happy at another's joy then joy will never leave you.

Pain shared is pain lessened; joy shared is joy increased. Thus do we refute entropy.

Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.

Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.

What good to us is a long life if it is difficult and barren of joys, and if it is so full of misery that we can only welcome death as a deliverer?

A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.

Let us grow together, enjoy together.

Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.

Being Grateful. That is the first step on the path to Joy.

James Joyce: His writing is not about something. It is the thing itself.

A Course In Miracles is a constant affirmation that you are created by an unconditional thought of love that appears to have lost itself in a world of fear. Freedom, joy and peace of mind are yours again, when you remember and re-connect to your unconditional self.

Our present tears here, not our present laughter Are but the handsells of our joys hereafter.

Why should we postpone our joy to another world? Let us get all we can of the good between the cradle and the grave, all that we can of the truly dramatic. If, when death comes, that is the end, we have at least made the best of this life.

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.

It's a joy to actually be able to control your own music.

He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took another…and another…and oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate.

Now, what is Jesus Christ? The fruit of the spirit is a good example. Jesus is total love, total joy, total peace, total patient, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control.