Joy

"Cultivate a spirit of joy and praise. Not only will you light up your own heart, but the hearts of those around you. Always look for the good in people. In most cases you will find it."

"Miss Fairlie laughed with a ready good-humour, which broke out as brightly as if it had been part of the sunshine above us…"

"My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy."

"But let me offer a word of caution. If you choose to give from your heart, be careful. The most incredible feeling might just overwhelm you. And if you continue in this behavior, that feeling may become permanent."

"Instead of imposing new obligations, (Christians) should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet."

"Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. It means that you are willing to stop being such a jerk. When you are aware of all that has been given to you, in your lifetime and the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back."

"There is only one thing children find harder to hold back than tears, and that is joy."

"I never wanted to be a God fearing person. I wanted to grow up and be a person that was fearless for God. There was a difference."

"Just us fancy wise-men trying to take on the world."

"His music gave no lesser joy than a vacation. Creativity in his music and its success stood out as an example to all kinds of artists, in the lectures of business speakers, engineers, and to anyone who built or constructed something in their respective profession."

"Work and happiness are like mother and daughter; work brings forth happiness, but hard work brings forth great happiness!"

"I need no alibi,I did steal your heart."

"God had spoken to His people through His Word. It had humbled them in their sins, but it had lifted them up to see the grace and mercy of God, and then had directed them into a new life of obedience. In all our desperate searching for ways to find joy, God is telling us that we will never find joy like the joy of knowing God, being humbled in our sins, experiencing His grace, and walking in a life of obedience."

"Our willingness to suffer for Him takes away fear and instills the blessed joy."

"You cannot predict the future but you can love and then love some more."

"Some say ignorance is bliss, I say love is."

"Jealousy is not a result of love. It is a result of crossed relationship boundaries. Love and relationships should not be confused."

"When it comes to love, your point of view, your imagination and your energy can carry you through anything. As you love, it will spill over to everyone and everything you encounter and beyond. There is no force imaginable that is more powerful than the act of love."

"Just as the rain carries positive ions, so does change make you more apt to experience love with an expansive heart."

"To be God's people, to love Him fervently with whole hearts, is our sole desire."