Quotes about Joy

We ate well and cheaply and we drank well and cheaply and we slept well and warm together and loved each other.

Do you have other things like that to look forward to? Just everyday. I look forward to everyday.

But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

THE FIFTH DECISION FOR SUCCESS: Today I will choose to be happy.

Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.

We all pretend for a while or for a lifetime. But pretending is not living...I believe that God meant for life to take our breath away, sometimes because of the sheer joy of it all and sometimes because of the severe pain. To choose living over pretending means that we will know both.

Honestly, I couldn't remember the last time I asked God to fill me with joy. Or to create a joyful spirit in my children. Goodness knows I've asked for peace and sanity and obedience. I've prayed for healing and wisdom. I've worshiped the Lord and studied His Word. But joy? How in the world did I forget about the beautiful, good, and pleasing gift of joy?

As long as you are getting to do what you love and getting paid to do it, it's the best feeling.

You can be happy where you are.

While therefore your tears flow, let a due proportion be tears of joy. Yet take the bitter cup with both hands and sit down to your repast. You will soon learn a secret: that there is sweetness at the bottom.

For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and brother of all priests. His mandate is to confirm the brothers in the faith.

For making music for myself, I just need to be happy. I'm the producer, the director, and the listener.