I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Chris….

What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life snap? Would the hear….

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness..

The living Jesus will give you joy amid tribulation..

To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was heroic indeed. She could do ….

What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence..

When I connect to my soul, project it into another #‎ character , and then bring it to the stage or to a film--that has always been for me the grea….

There isn't heartache if there hasn't been joy. I wouldn't feel loss if there hadn't been love..

All recurring joy is pain refined..

Why?” Eve leaned forward. “Sincerely, I’ve always wanted to know why anyone buys multiple pairs of shoes at a time.” “If I have to explain it, the jo….

Be infinitely flexible and constantly amazed..

Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities..

Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself lifted a….

To me, singing is basically a form of prayer. I get this great joy when I`m singing - whatever I`m singing. I missed it when I left it..

If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all i….

The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy..

God alone has the secret of eternal life and joy..

Everyone longs for love's tense joys and red delights..

Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you..

One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I was 19, so there's been a lot of new th….

Because I am a one-legged, black, short, woman I had to spend every day of my life pushing against what society told me I should be. I had to sell my….