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"We
need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water.
We need each other as we need the earth we share."
-- Maya
Angelou
“When
you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity,
happiness... all the good things.”
-- Maya
Angelou
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The
bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but
of respect and joy in each other's life.
- Richard Bach
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers,
but for the wide world's joy.
-- Henry
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“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
Gratitude
changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
-- Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply
joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a
technique, or just being bent that way, being raised
by the folks I was raised by.
-- Jeff
Bridges
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To
find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
The
secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence.
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
To
serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy
and a whole heart and a free mind.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
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Joy
in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all -
that has been my religion.
~
John
Burroughs
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If
a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder,
he needs the companionship of at least one adult who
can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement
and mystery of the world we live in.
-- Rachel
Carson
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Whenever
a human being ceases to live for themselves and begins
to care about that which is greater than themselves,
the personality begins to experience ecstasy, joy and
spontaneous liberation. And that's found through doing,
through action, through giving, through deeply embracing
the human experience.
-- Andrew
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"What
we would like to do is change the world-make it a little
simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves
as God intended for them to do. And, by fighting for
better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the
rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute…we
can, to a certain extent, change the world; we can work
for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a
harried world. We can throw our pebble in the pond and
be confident that its ever widening circle will reach
around the world. We repeat, there is nothing that we
can do but love, and, dear God, please enlarge our hearts
to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our
enemy as well as our friend."
-- Dorothy
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“I
do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl.
'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other
the world.”
-- Ani
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy
in creative expression and knowledge.
-- Albert
Einstein
Joy
in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful
gift.
-- Albert
Einstein
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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there
is hatred, let me sow love: where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair,
hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there
is sadness, joy.
-- Saint
Francis of Assisi |
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This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the
heart.
-- Eduardo
Galeano |
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“Joy
lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering
involved, not in the victory itself”
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
Service
which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant
nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions
pale into nothingness before service which is rendered
in a spirit of joy.
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
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Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part
of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy
there's its opposite, and it's something you ride
if you possibly can.
-- Bob
Geldof
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“Throughout
my life and career, giving back has been a constant and
a joy for me... We have the potential to do wonderful things
in the world."
-- Josh Groban (Founder, Find Your Light Foundation)
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but
sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy
-- Thich
Nhat Hanh
Every
breath we take, every step we make, can be filled
with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be
awake, alive in the present moment.
-- Thich
Nhat Hanh
"May
all beings learn how to nourish themselves with joy
each day."
-- Thich
Nhat Hanh
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Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in
this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy
that things are going well, or willingness to invest
in enterprises that are obviously heading for success,
but rather an ability to work for something because
it is good.
-- Vaclav
Havel
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If
my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back
on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses
I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness,
not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but
the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.
-- Audrey
Hepburn
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Your
success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep
happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible
host against difficulties.
-- Helen
Keller
“Joy
is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our
intelligence aglow”
-- Helen
Keller
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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
-- Mother
Teresa
Joy
is prayer - Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is
a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives
most who gives with Joy.
-- Mother
Teresa
We
don't need bombs and guns to destroy, to bring peace
- just get together, love one another, bring that
peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each
other in the home. And we will be able to overcome
all the evil that is in the world.
-- Mother
Teresa
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Every
cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly,
you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend
the time with them now. But that's a joy.
-- Liam
Neeson
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"We
are born, we grow up, we live our lives as best we
can. If we are thoughtful we are good parents and
good partners. If we are wise we strive for integrity
and intimacy. If we are fortunate we discover love
and joy. If we are able, we make the world a little
better than we found it."
~ Robert
Reich
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Since
you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you
should put a good deal of thought into the happiness
that you are able to give.
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
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Happiness
is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in
the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative
effort.
-- Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Happiness
lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative
effort. Franklin
D. Roosevelt
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life,
for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true
joy dare live.
-- Bertrand
Russell
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“Trust
your gut. Keep your nose on the joy trail and avoid predators,
because it’s all real and your choices last a long time.”
-- Buffy Sainte-Marie
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"This
is the true joy in life...being used for a purpose
recognized by yourself as a mighty one... being a
force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little
clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the
world will not devote itself to making you happy."
-- George
Bernard Shaw
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I would say that the surest measure of a man's or
a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and
dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure
and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
-- Dr.
Benjamin Spock
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Spiritually,
life is a festival, a celebration. Joy is of the essence
of life;
-- Swami
Agnivesh
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Joy can be real only if people look on their life
as a service, and have a definite object in life outside
themselves and their personal happiness
-- Leo
Tolstoy
“Life
is a place of service, and in that service one has
to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more
often to experience a great deal of joy. But that
joy can be real only if people look upon their lives
as a service and have a definite object in life outside
themselves and their personal happiness.”
-- Leo
Tolstoy
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"Grief
can take care of
itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must
have somebody to divide it with."
-- Mark
Twain
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"From
joy springs all creation, By joy it is sustained, Towards
joy it proceed, And unto joy it returns."
-The Upanishads
"Where
there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there
is no creation: know the nature of joy."
The Upanishads
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"Release
the joy that is inside of another, and you release
the joy that is inside of you."
~ Neale
Donald Walsch
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There
are those who believe Black people possess the secret
of joy and that it is this that will sustain them
through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.
~Alice
Walker
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To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought
to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by
art or life.
-- Simone
Weil
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy,
even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
~ E.
B. White
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We want for our children, as we want for ourselves,
lives at home, at work and at play to be lives of
joy and peace.
-- Betty
Williams
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"When
we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom."
-- Marianne
Williamson
"Joy
is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are
except in Joy. Not knowing Joy, we do not know ourselves."
-- Marianne
Williamson
"Joy
is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize
how good things are. Joy is not necessarily what happens
when things unfold according to our plans."
-- Marianne
Williamson
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"What
I know for sure is that you feel real JOY in direct
proportion to how connected you are to living your
truth."
-- Oprah
Winfrey
"Joy
is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace
- a connection to what matters."
-- Oprah
Winfrey
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It appears to me impossible that I should cease to
exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally
alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized
dust.
-- Mary
Wollstonecraft
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“When
I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities,
I also see the enormous potential and readiness for
transformation and rebirth. We are creating an art
form that comes from the heart and reflects the pain
and sorrow of people's lives. It also expresses joy,
beauty, and love. This process lays the foundation
of building a genuine community in which people are
reconnected with their families, sustained by meaningful
work, nurtured by the care of each other and will
together raise and educate their children. Then we
witness social change in action.”
-- Lily
Yeh
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