"For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning." Psalms 30:5
The Bible"He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise."
William Blake"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer"One of the most effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful; joy softens more hearts than tears do."
Mme. de Sartory"I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself."
Marlene Dietrich"Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss."
Dwight David Eisenhower"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go."
Frederick William Faber"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."
Henry Miller