Quotes about Joy

Pray that He will make you willing to give up everything for the Christlike joy of the Father's constant presence.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Without Christ, the world was a joyless place and any place where he remains unknown and unaccepted is a joyless place. Everything has changed since Christ's birth yet everything remains to be changed as people come to receive the child in faith.

This promise of resurrection is our hope. It is that on which we stake our life. It is what enables us, as Christians, to face death with courage and joy.

We would have a poor idea of marriage and of human affection if we were to think that love and joy come to an end when faced with such difficulties. It is precisely then that our true sentiments come to the surface. Then the tenderness of a person's gift of himself takes root and shows itself in a true and profound affection that is stronger than death.

There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

Let us, however, remember this truth: No one has made much progress in the school of Christ who doesn't look forward joyfully both to his death and the day of his final resurrection.

Full nakedness! All joyes are due to thee, As souls unbodied, bodies uncloth'd must be, To taste whole joyes.

Change is the nursery Of musicke, joy, life, and eternity. (Elegie III: Change)

The more things that can bring you joy in life, the better.

Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.