Joy Quotes

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs.

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

I only really watch sport. That's where you see real joy. I don't like watching much else on TV, because it's generally either twisted or sad.

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!

I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance.

The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.

There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature.

It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind... we're in it together.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.

I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy.

The great times are when you put a game on location and see others play it for the first time. After all, we are really kind of an entertainer. You perform for the joy of the audience.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

Therefore the elect shall go forth... to see the torments of the impious, seeing which they will not be grieved, but will be satiated with joy at the sight of the unutterable calamity of the impious.

For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.

At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day.

I get very excited about my double stroller. Every time I look at it, I get a shot of adrenaline and joy because I think, This is real!