God's highest agenda is not our immediate happiness. I believe that God is much more committed to our eternal joy, our spiritual growth, and the condition of our hearts.

A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify.

I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.

Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven.

if you have a positive, joyous outlook, the joy you share will be returned to you.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.

We can thank God for the gift of this day. Enjoy the mess out of today. Receive the blessing of this day. Dance it out at least one time today. Fill in the gaps with prayer throughout the day. And make it a goal to go to bed with a smile on your face because of today. Because here's what I know: God gives us "today" grace.

The more my heart is parked in a place of thanksgiving and rejoicing, the less room I have for grumpiness.

Even amid hardship, trials, and things that don't go the way we want them to, we can find something to be joyful about.

Let's choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.

My voice thou oft hast heard and hast not feared, But oft rejoiced

Joy makes the longest journey too short.