Quotes about Joy

The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives of all those around you more enjoyable.

Without joy in your life you are powerless.

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into this world" (John 16:21).

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don't have time to carry grudges; you don't have time to cling to the need to be right.

Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.

Double your pleasure, double your fun with . . . Doublemint, Doublemint, Doublemint gum.

They come as a boon and a blessing to men, The Pickwick, the Owl, and the Waverley pen.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

Isn't it delightful to forget how old we are?

But my pain's a fair price, to take away your smile.