Joy Quotes

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

~ C.s. Lewis

When we share those stories we've been scared to share, voicelessness loses it's wicked grasp.

~ Jo Ann Fore

in every pleasure, cruelty has its place...

~ Oscar Wilde

A sense of humor helps us to get through the dull times, cope with the difficult times, enjoy the good times and manage the scary times.

~ Steve Goodier

Their raspy kisses brand our jam tart necks, their treacherous miasma clasps our herbal thighs. Motherlessly we surrender, too many fathers we have, we, your daughters of joy.

~ Laura Gentile

Our play is not something separate from our spirituality, it is itself a sign of the presence of God in the world.

~ Ken Shigematsu

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

~ C. S. Lewis

We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.

~ Jaron Lanier

The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.

~ Barbara Corcoran

Best said possibly the only thing that would have changed my attitude: 'What will happen to me?' 'Your friend MacLeod will look after you,' I said. Best replied, 'If you get out, I get out.' There was silence for some moments. I thought of all the joy of the early experiments which we had known together. Here was loyalty.

~ Frederick Banting

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.

~ Mother Angelica

When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.

~ Ban Ki-Moon

Love is the fire that warms our lives with unparalleled joy and divine hope. Love should be our walk and our talk.

~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success and abundance, but we never quite forget that there is always lurking the possibility of disaster.

~ Marianne Williamson

I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.

~ Jerry Lewis

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

~ Richard Bach

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

~ Pierre De Coubertin

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

~ Dave Matthews

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

~ Hosea Ballou

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

~ Lao Tzu

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

~ Jean Paul

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.

~ Leon Redbone

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

~ William Shatner

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

~ Liam Neeson

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

~ Harlan Coben

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

~ Mark Twain

After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older and probably wiser, I can look back at my earlier life - my history, my mistakes, the joy I felt as a young woman traveling the world - with some objectivity and even some humor.

~ Amanda Lindhout

One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life.

~ David Gregory

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

~ P. J. O'rourke

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

~ Rumi

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

~ Barbara De Angelis

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

~ Plato

I love this life. I feel like I am always catching my breath and saying, 'Oh! Will you look at that?' Photography has been my way of bearing witness to the joy I find in seeing the extraordinary in ordinary life. You don't look for pictures. Your pictures are looking for you.

~ Harold Feinstein

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

~ John Cheever

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

~ Liam Neeson

Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy.

~ Jenna Morasca

A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.

~ Nancy Gibbs

Sports uplift us. It's celebratory, gives us optimism and joy.

~ Travis Kalanick

Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've also been able to coach all three of them in baseball and basketball, something that has strengthened our bonds and given me indescribable joy. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

~ Thomas Perez