#joy

"The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May."

"The key is loveIt is the gatewayTo hopeTo joyTo enhanced livingLove is the answer"

"There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group."

"Suffering teaches joy."

"When you smile, you fill the world with joy."

"Joy came always after pain."

"When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa."

"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

"Choose joyful abundance in your heart and be unbounded, free, and relaxed. Be relentless with your choice and you’ll make your mark."

"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven."

"Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life."

"Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth."

"You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think."

"You need to get out of the nest if you ever want to fly."

"And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its restless or ineffectual activism has come to an end, when everything around you is still, as it is in eternity, then eternity asks you and every individual in these millions and millions about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not."

"That’s the thing about love It can take you up to the mountaintop and can drop you And the impact will either kill you or make you a new person"

"The world is always in a hurry, but I teach My children patience. Live, expecting a full and joyous life. And learn to trust My perfect timing so that you may discover that all the pain found in waiting has a magnificent and awesome purpose."

"If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile."

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

"when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus"