What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease.

There is no sorrow like a love denied. Nor any joy like love that has its will.

When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?'

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

The certain pathway to all things that you want is through the corridor of joy.

It doesn't matter what it is you're doing, my motto is: the joy is in the doing.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience.

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

It is good to enjoy your life, follow your passion, do things that give you joy.

Look in the perfumes of flowers and of nature for peace of mind and joy of life.

I have a wonderful joy in a wonderful way and my wonderful joy has come to stay.

Our own true nature is Infinite Joy! Always happy, Always peaceful, Always free.

Come out of the azure. Love the day. Do not leave the sky out of your landscape.

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

When you understand the Atonement, then you understand the joy of being rescued.

Pay attention to how you are feeling, and keep your compass heading set for JOY!

If there had been no fear of failure, neither would there be any joy in success.

Happiness, laughter and joy abound, when friends, family, and lovers are around.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?

What joy there is in hearing yourself think, and to make that thinking into ink.

That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable.

Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy?

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.

People are always talking about the joys of youth-but, oh, how youth can suffer!

When meeting difficult situations, one should dash forward bravely and with joy.

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces.

To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

And often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy because We have been glad of yore.

I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord

Tis safter to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

There is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing.

Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

Joys circular fulfillment was so persistent, when I was weak it gave me strength.

The violence of either grief or joy, their own enactures with themselves destroy.

That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy.

Most seafoods should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.

Joy is a great purifier. It burns away many polluted currents trying to reach us.

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