Quotes about Joy
Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.
- Nelson Mandela
Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
- Bob Goff
Joy runs deeper than despair.
- Corrie Ten Boom
Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest.
- John Milton
Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.
- Henri Nouwen
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.
- Samuel Johnson
Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it.
- John Calvin
I hope this will find you...enjoying the commencement of a new year with every prospect that can make it a happy one.
- James Madison
My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.
- Elie Wiesel
Hope comes as a surprise, at several levels at once.
- NT Wright
Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
- Charles Swindoll
The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a secret that has to be rediscovered over and over again.
- Henri Nouwen