Joyful Quotes - Page 13

• HARK how all the Welkin rings
  "Glory to the Kings of Kings,
  "Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,
  "GOD and Sinners reconcil'd!
  Joyful all ye Nations rise,
  Join the Triumph of the Skies,
  Universal Nature say
  "CHRIST the LORD is born to Day!

  Charles Wesley

  Christmas, Kings, Angel

  Charles Wesley (1889). “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”

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• This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and He is our own true nature, and He is always in us and with us. Let us live in Him and stand in Him. It is the only joyful state of existence. Life on the plane of the Spirit is the only life, and let us all try to attain to this realization.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Self, Trying

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.77, editionNEXT.com

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• Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.

  Wendell Berry

  Laughter, Laughing, Facts

  Wendell Berry (2013). “A Country of Marriage: Poems”, p.16, Counterpoint Press

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• Almost all the joyful things of life are outside the measure of IQ tests.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Tests

  Twitter post from Nov 03, 2016

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• may i be i is the only prayer--not may i be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong today... may i be me....five foot eleven, brown hair/eyed, smart, serious, happy, frustrated, impatient, joyful, running, sleeping, smiling, eating, trying, believing, listening, being & becoming.

  e. e. cummings

  Beautiful, Wise, Running

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• There is no other relationship quite like that which can and should exist between a boy and his dad. It can be one of the most nurturing, joyful relationships in life, one that can have a profound impact on who boys become and also on who dads become.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Dad, Boys, Impact

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• Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Acceptance, Unique

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.101, Multnomah

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• Dogs are a gift to mankind. They are happy and joyful and loyal by nature. They are pure, positive energy and teach by example. That is all that's required of them.

  Alyson Noel

  Dog, Positive Energy, Example

  Alyson Noel (2011). “A Riley Bloom Novel: Radiance”, p.31, Pan Macmillan

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• Night can swallow you up, yet none of it touches you. Around any corner, there's a promise of something daring and ideal and things are just getting going. There's something obscenely joyful behind every door, either that or somebody crying with their head in in their hands. A lazy rhythm looms in the dreamy air and the atmosphere pulsates with bygone duels, past-life romance, comrades requesting comrades to aid them in some way. You can't see it, but you know it's there

  Bob Dylan

  Past, Night, Air

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• Industry, technology, and commerce can thrive only as long as an idealistic national community offers the necessary preconditions. And these do not lie in material egoism, but in a spirit of sacrifice and joyful renunciation.

  Adolf Hitler

  Lying, Sacrifice, Technology

  Adolf Hitler (1998). “Mein Kampf”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

  James Patterson

  Reading, World, Chores

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• Oh, for heaven’s sake, Sirius, Dumbledore said no!” A bearlike black dog had appeared at Harry’s side as Harry clambered over the various trunks cluttering the hall to get to Mrs. Weasley. “Oh honestly,” said Mrs. Weasley despairingly. “Well, on your own head be it!” The great black dog gave a joyful bark and gamboled around them, snapping at pigeons, and chasing its own tail. Harry couldn’t help laughing. Sirius had been trapped inside for a very long time.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dog, Long, Laughing

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• There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things that make your lives joyful and sweet.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Sweet, Flower, Sublime

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• Many people falsely believe that if you want to be holy, you are not allowed to enjoy life...Holiness brings us to life. It refines every human ability. Holiness doesn't dampen our emotions; it elevates them. Those who respond to God's call to holiness are the most joyful people in history. They have a richer, more abundant experience of life, and they love more deeply than most people can every imagine. They enjoy life, all of life.

  Matthew Kelly

  Believe, People, Enjoy Life

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• When you're feeling joyful, you are giving joy, and you'll receive back joyful experiences, joyful situations, and joyful people, wherever you go. From the smallest experience of your favorite song playing on the radio to bigger experiences of receiving a pay raise -- all of the circumstances you experiences are the law of attraction responding to your feeling of joy.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspirational, Song, Law Of Attraction

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Power”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• At this point in our global ecological crisis, the survival of humanity will require a fundamental shift in our attitude toward nature: from finding out how we can dominate and manipulate nature to how we can learn from her. In this brilliant and hopeful book, Jay Harman shows us how far the new field of Biomimicry has already progressed toward this goal. The Shark's Paintbrush makes for fascinating and joyful reading - much needed in these dark times.

  Fritjof Capra

  Attitude, Reading, Book

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• I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Lonely, Excited, Angry

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.207, Penguin

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• I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the needs of others.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Motivation, Believe, Communication

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• I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or joyful.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Fun, Interesting, Sound

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Damned”, p.181, Random House

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• [I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.

  Brené Brown

  Gratitude, Years, Joy

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• We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil. Change will only come about when each of us takes up the daily struggle ourselves to be more forgiving, compassionate, loving, and above all joyful in the knowledge that, by some miracle of grace, we can change as those around us can change too.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Time, Struggle, Knowledge

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• What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? O yes!

  Charles Dickens

  Beautiful, Peace, War

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Bleak House”, p.150

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• At last there dawned the most beautiful day of all the days of my life. How perfectly I remember even the smallest details of those sacred hours! The joyful awakening, the reverent and tender embraces of my mistresses and older companions, the room filled with white frocks, like so many snowflakes, where each child was dressed in turn.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Beautiful, Children, White

  Saint Therese of Lisieux (2007). “The Story of the Soul”, p.59, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Dedication, People

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• The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.

  Agnes Martin

  Adventure, House, Joy

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