Top Joy Quotes

Everyone hungers for a foretaste of heaven. The word "heaven" strikes a note in everyone's heart, for all men are Adam's children, driven out of paradise, but still cherishing a deep desire for the lo...

Only repentance can save us from spiritual death and lead us to eternal life, and only repentance lets us have a foretaste of this divine life here and now.

Joy Definition

(n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.

(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.

(n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

(n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.

(v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.

(v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

(v. t.) To enjoy.

If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.

What magic is this?' the muse says to the man. 'A flower, a dream, a fairy-tale wish,' the man says to his muse. The muse smiles.

Other people's sorrows and joys have a way of reminding us of our own; we partly empathize with them because we ask ourselves: What about me? What does that say about my life, my pains, my anguish?

Man is more himself, more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing and grief superficial.

A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.

We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit...

Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many peop...

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

When you wake up each morning with a burning passion to accomplish a goal, you've already won the day.

The relationship you take for granted is the one that needs the greatest work.

The soul's joys are greater than the heart's pleasures.

Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.

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

We alays blame the outer world for our failures, unhappiness and frustration. It is time to realise that it is health, harmony and wealth of our inner world that determine the degree of our success, j...

Let me be kind, let me be compassionate, let me be joyful, and let me sing a song of love.

Happiness is there when you express kindness, compassion, and unconditional love and fill yourself with bliss and joy.