Joy Quotes

I just show up and try to find the joy in every situation.

But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them.

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.

The road Cordelia has travelled, the journey she has taken up to now has been such a joy to play as an actress, because there have been so many chances to do so many different emotions.

While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.

Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point. And we're no different than the millions of Americans who quietly help their neighbors, their churches and their communities. They don't do it so that other will think more of them. They do it because there is no greater joy.

Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.

The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

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

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.

For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy.

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage of poison, and the plague.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary.

I think the joy of wanting to direct is having that nervous anxiety knowing your film is about to be shown and you're sitting right there with everyone.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

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

Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.

I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.