Joy Quotes - Page 85

The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which it can provide us, or the pain against which it can protect us.

Life, when fully lived under a variety of cultural conditions, can be euphoric and optimistic; it can be a joy to experience and a wonder to behold.

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

You're happy when you leave your concerns to the side and when you experience a pure moment of joy with friends.

He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God.

Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.

You only live once, so enjoy the ride.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

May all beings learn how to nourish themselves with joy each day.

Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance.

Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious.

I am here to enjoy life. I am not here to suffer. I am here to be a dreamer, to be an artist, to be a seer. The mission of my life is to enjoy every single moment of my life.

It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

I am here no longer just a vision birthed into this body I accept my praise, my blame, my joy, my sorrow I realize we are, in truth, the truth we seek God, perfect this very moment.

Joy and life exist nowhere but the present.

When one is anxious only to live, he easily, in this solicitude, forgets the enjoyment of life. If his only concern is for life, and he thinks "if I only have my dear life," he does not apply his full strength to using, i. e., enjoying, life.

When you stand still, you reject the struggle, and you refuse to change and grow. Ultimately, you reject fulfillment, happiness, the dance for joy and everything else that is eternally good.

The commands of God are given, not to rob me of joy, but lead me into the fullness of joy.

Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about despair is that it wakes us up. We can see the world more clearly and open to new possibilities...And we can find new joy in the ordinary.

What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

What did you think, that joy / was some slight thing?

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.