Joy

"Surprise yourself everyday with the power of your love. Love endlessly and care profoundly to feel the joy of life deeply."

"There are so many glowing reasons to feel the joy of life and to be happy."

"It is deep winter with shivering cold air, but my heart is dancing with joy and spring flowers."

"After each of his books, the writer, for a while, feels once again that he can now die happy."

"Pour yourself completely into you and what brings you joy and moves you toward your goals. No one deserves your beautiful love and attention more than you!"

"A seagull flying beautifully is heaven; a seagull hunting an innocent fish is hell! Existence is heaven and hell, joy and horror!"

"What a joy for those who trust in the Lord!"

"With every sunrise, I wake up with a deep driving desire to enhance the beauty of my life by becoming happy and joyful. I have found that when I am happy, everything around me dances with joy."

"Be cheerful!"

"O Lord, only you can satisfy my soul."

"Let us be the joy to find the joy Let us be the love to find the love Let us be kind to find kindness Let us be happy to find happiness. Let us be simple to find simplicity Let us be modest to find modesty Let us feel to comprehend Let us listen to understand Let us live our life to be Let us close our eyes to see."

"I don’t think anyone “finds” joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles, that strengthen our hearts so we can keep them open to what is difficult"

"[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring perfect joy! I found it in Christ. I looked for something that would bring pleasure and that would satisfy the deepest longing of my heart! I found it in Christ. And my life has never been the same."

"Spring is here. Let’s sing with the flowers!"

"Enjoy this moment. This moment is your precious life."

"It feels great, to work for what you want."

"I slipped my hand into hers. A strange and unfamiliar feeling ran through me. It felt like the ocean, like sunlight, like horses. Like love. I searched my mind and found the name for it. Joy."

"He had a powerful kind of ache inside of him, half joy, half terrible sadness."

"We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know and walk with the very fountainhead of joy."

"Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy runs deep."