Quotes about Joy

I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

The Christian experiences and lives a paradox. He possesses joy in sorrow, fulfillment in exile, light in darkness, peace in turmoil, consolation in dryness, contentment in pain and hope in desolation.

Happiness comes from living the way the Lord wants you to live.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.

Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that love away.

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. And sometimes you have to find those happy places in between the pain.

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

Anne couldn't construct a world without pain. But she could trust a big, capable God who would be there, holding her when trouble invaded her world. God's grace was sufficient to hold her in any circumstance. And in this—this reality, this character of God—dwelled the joy of her faith. Joy wasn't a reaction to God's blessings. It was a state of being because of salvation through Jesus Christ.