Quotes about Joy
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God's will, whatever comes.
- Amy Carmichael
God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.
- Jurgen Moltmann
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.
- John Calvin
A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.
- Ignatius of Loyola
We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
- John Calvin
God's peace is joy resting. His joy is peace dancing.
- FF Bruce
See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.
- John of the Cross
The surest sign that God is alive in you is joy.
- Robert Barron
If the text is God's Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing obedience.
- DA Carson
God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.
- Jonathan Edwards