Quotes about Joy

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.

It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that make's happiness

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.

Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world

It is only right and proper to be moved by the Bible, but present-day reality has so strong a hold over us that even when we try to imagine the past the minor events in our lives immediately wrench us out of our musings, and our own adventures throw us back irrevocably upon our personal feelings—joy, boredom, suffering, anger, or a smile.

Sorrow is better than joy - and even in mirth the heart is sad - and it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasts, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Our nature is sorrowful but for those who have learnt and are learning to look at Jesus Christ, there is always reason to rejoice

You ever laughed so hard nobody in the world could hurt you for a minute, no matter what they tried to do to you?

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.