Explore Quotes on Joy

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making very difficult decisions. Start removing things from your life that are not filling your cup and adding things that bring joy in to your life.

We will never find joy in church membership when we are constantly seeking things our way. But paradoxically, we will find the greatest joy when we choose to be last. That's what Jesus meant when He said the last will be first. True joy means giving up our rights and preferences and serving everyone else.

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.

The immense joy in welcoming back the lost son hides in the immense sorrow that has gone before....our brokenness may appear beautiful, but our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.

When we fight back with joy, we awaken to the deepest reality of our identity as beloved, delightful children of God.

I had been searching for joy in the relatively good times of life, now I had to find joy amidst darkness and agony.

We must try to contribute joy to the world.

Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.

One of the greatest joys in life is watching a child laugh

Right here in our bodies, in our defense of our right to experience joy, in the refusal to abandon the place where we have been most completely invaded & colonized, in our determination to make the bombed & defoliated lands flower again and bear fruit, here where we have been most shamed is one of the most radical & sacred places from which to transform the world.

Life is hard. It’s cruel sometimes. It’s merciless and unfair, but we all go through difficult times, one way or another. You’ve had more than your share of knocks lately, I’ll give you that, but it doesn’t mean you get to quit. No one gets to quit. You keep fighting, every day, and sooner or later, the grief fades a little. You grow stronger, find joy again, and everything gets easier. You come out of it more equipped to handle the next wave, which will come eventually. There will always be waves.

My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy.

Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.

I am grateful for being alive today. It is my joy and pleasure to live another wonderful day.

How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.

I am totally free to choose thoughts of joy. It is my Divine right to do so.

Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice

To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

If you're missing joy and peace, you're not trusting God.

The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.