I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.
~ Yo-Yo Ma
I think people need to know that there's great peace and joy in knowing the Lord - the Lord Jesus Christ - as your savior.
~ Tammy Faye Bakker
I believe God's keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction.
~ Joel Osteen
I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.
~ Doris Day
Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.
~ Brantley Gilbert
Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
~ Victor Hugo
When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
~ A. Scott Berg
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
~ William Cartwright
I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.
~ Bill Walton
What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we're too religious, we won't be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him.
~ Joyce Meyer
Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.
~ Mortimer Adler
The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species.
~ Frans De Waal
Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too.
~ Josh Turner
I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.
~ Annabella Sciorra
Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units. Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.
~ Tim Cook
Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.
~ Chris Pine
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.
~ Margaret Atwood
I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I'm sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that.
~ Jennifer Grant
