What is the message of Christmas? It is the birth of the One who promised peace, joy and love.

Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last.

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.

If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

The song stands for a sense of joy in existence, a joy that is free of any good or bad choices.

The one thing I take more joy in than anything else in the world is seeing young people develop

As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

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

I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.

I that please some, try all, both joy and terror Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error.

When I think of my God, my heart dances within me for joy, and then my music has to dance, too.

If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.

Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful.

That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.

In the end indignation over kitsch is anger at tis shameless revelling in the joy of imitation.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Idolatry is when you become the source of your own joy. Poverty of spirit is a wonderful thing.

His is a joy which consequences cannot quench. His is a peace which circumstances cannot steal.

Pleasant speech yields joy to all, and observing this, is there any need for unpleasant speech?

Even though we sometimes would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring.

Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.

I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.

It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.

There is always joy in achieving ,but the greater satisfaction lies in sharing the achievement.

I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.

The joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy.

My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.

The greatest joys of life are happy memories. Your job is to create as many of them as possible.

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

What tries to break us is endlessly fascinating to me. Joy is a whole different game to express.

I have absolutely no fear of death. Why would I? There's nothing to fear-only joy to experience.

Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. ... I couldn't control my tears of joy.

Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.

God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there.

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy down here today.

The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

You must take chances. If you do nothing, you reduce the possibilities you have for greater joy.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

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