Quotes about Joy

The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is to have my soul happy in the Lord.

My business is making people, especially children, happy. I have dedicated much of my time to a study of the problems of children.

Your birthday is a special day, May it bring you love and cheer It gives a chance for me to say, Happy birthday every year

Since the Kingdom of God is peace, then relax more. Since it is joy, then smile more. Since it is righteousness, then enjoy your position in Christ and share it with others more.

We must pray in order to grow, and we must grow because Infinite Love will not, cannot, settle for less than the greatest joy of which his beloved creature is capable.

From the premise that Christianity is true it follows that the far-off glimpse of joy produced by fantasy is a glimpse of truth; that a great eucatastrophic tale like The Lord of the Rings is a gift of divine grace, an opening of the curtain that veils Heaven to earthly eyes, a tiny telepathic contact with the Mind of God.

The person who is committing the sin of sloth may be doing nothing visible that is wrong. Yet he is rejecting the presence of God, refusing the joy of love.

God makes it easy to begin: just do it! God also makes it easy to progress in prayer, for he rewards our efforts with peace and joy. And he makes it easiest of all at the end, for it gradually becomes more natural and delightful.

No one can be saved, and attain eternal joy, without all of the following: (1) a morally honest acceptance of the demands of virtue, (2) a serious effort to practice it, (3) an intellectually honest confession of failure, (4) repentance, and (5) at least an implicit faith and hope in God as Savior.

Live a life of love, especially the love of God, and observe the joy of it. Live a life of lovelessness and observe the joylessness of it.

Delight is a subjective reason for praying, but it is a valid one.

No happiness on earth can be deeper than the happiness that comes from our willing and active submission to God's will even when he wills suffering.