Quotes about Joy

You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring.

I believe that when we sing, we worship twice. We express our thoughts into words, and our words into song.

What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.

I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.

In life eternal, there is perfect joy and light, without pain or torture, and there is communion with God Himself and His angels.

Frederick Buechner said, "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.

So live real good, and get beat up real bad. Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more. That's how this thing seems to work.

You might categorize your own fear as anxiety. But while the reality of fear is different for each of us, one thing remains constant: fear robs us of joy. When fear takes center stage, we find it impossible to live in the "what is" because of the "what might be.

Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.

I don't really have many hobbies but one of my favorite things to do is spend time with my family. We have fun together, and building those relationships is very important to me.

It was only a sunny smile But it scattered the night And little it cost in the giving Like morning light And made the day worth living.