Joy Quotes - Page 87

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least.

We take it for granted that life is hard and feel lucky to have whatever happiness we get. We do not look upon happiness as a birthright, nor do we expect it to be more than peace or contentment. Real joy, the state in which the Yequana spend much of their lives, is exceedingly rare among us.

Be infinitely flexible and constantly amazed.

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.

I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.

Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.

Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

Life is a gift, not to possess, but to share.

Unlock your natural drives by doing what you enjoy.

The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.

To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves.

Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.It's not about competing. It's mostly about someone who did something that blew your mind and you want to see if you can render the joy.

We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.

Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

Joy is the happiness of love - love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, and joy comes from within, and it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world.

A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the joy to be found even in destruction.

The runner must be a fanatic for hard work and enthusiastic enough to enjoy it.

You seldom come across anything more enjoyable than a happy person.

Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always welcome, mind you. And then what about pleasure, huh? Oh, yes, that's easy, everybody knows what that is, but there again it doesn't last. But is happiness not the sum total of lots of small joys and pleasures, huh?