J Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with J. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.”
Source: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
“Journey’s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing. Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night, And swaying branches bear The Elven-stars as jewels white Amid their branching hair. Though here at journey's end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides the Sun And Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, Nor bid the Stars farewell.J.”
“Jouw prijs moet niet dalen door iemands
onvermogen om jouw waarde te zien.”
Source: Wat een baas: Een eerlijk boek over zelfstandig ondernemerschap
“Jova’s voice whispered in his ear: Only glory can follow a man to the grave.”
Source: Tarkin
“Jovani turned back to the four members from his clan. 'I won’t need backup, Percival, I have a priceless bargaining chip.'
From the way the others eyed my form, I understood it was me he considered his negotiating leverage. I felt somewhat confident that meant I was more valuable alive.”
Source: The Tarishe Curse
“Jove lifts the golden balances that show
The fates of mortal men, and things below.”
Source: The Iliad
“Jowa na kita? Thank you! Merry Christmas!”
“Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.”
“Joy
Is for the simple or the great to feel,
Neither of which we are.”
“Joy & Satisfaction Show Up More Frequently & on Time when you have Passion”
“Joy accomplishes three desires of man. Return to being a child, feeling pleasure and emotion at the same time.”
“Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.”
“Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures,
even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that,
when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved.”
Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.”
“Joy always came after pain.”
“Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter and comprehend all the beauty that surrounds them. We find bliss by living alertly and unequivocally accepting whatever is occurring in the present moment. If a person realizes that the present moment is all that matters, they will gain an inner stillness and appreciate the beauty and joy of each day.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Joy and amazement of the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a faint notion.”
Source: The World As I See It
“Joy and bliss means you have reached to the depth of your inner being. The joy belongs to the depth of your being, where even the ego is no more, where only silence prevails; you have disappeared. In joy, you exist a little
bit, but in bliss you are not. The ego has dissolved; it is a state of nonbeing.”
Source: The Call of the Heart
“Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed, while the curtains of the next are brushed by shadow of the dance. A wedding-party returns from church, and a funeral winds to its door. The smiles and the sadness of life are the tragi-comedy of Shakespeare. Gladness and sighs brighten and dim the mirror he beholds.”
Source: Pleasures of Literature
“Joy and grief decide character. What exalts prosperity? what imbitters grief? what leaves us indifferent? what interests us? As the interest of man, so his God - as his God, so he.”
“Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.”
“Joy and happiness are the indicators of balance in a human machine...An inner joyousness, amounting to ecstasy, is the normal condition of the genius mind. Any lack of that joyousness develops body-destroying toxins. That inner ecstasy of the mind is the secret fountain of perpetual youth and strength in any man. He who finds it finds omnipotence and omniscience.”
“Joy and happiness immediately happens when you remember that God loves you, that you are fulfilling a purpose in existence and that in your own small ways you are working for God. The moment we realize this joy arises in our heart.
Then life is no more meaningless. We are messengers of God, and we are doing something greater than ourselves.
Remember this more and more, so that it becomes a constant undercurrent in our consciousness. You will start flowering, and just to know that God loves you kindles a light in you, which cannot be extinguished by external forces.”
Source: Man is Part of the Whole: Silence, Love, Joy, Truth, Compassion, Freedom and Grace
“Joy and happiness is a state of
consciousness, a state of being.”
Source: The Call of the Heart
“Joy and happiness is a state of consciousness, a state of our being, which is not dependent on other people and outer circumstances. To be joyful is the basic nature of life. Joy is the spiritual dimension of happiness, in which
one begins to understand one's intrinsic value and place in the universe. Accepting joy is a decision to go with the flow, to be grateful to be alive and for all the challenges and opportunities in life, rather than setting
conditions or demands for happiness.”
Source: The Call of the Heart
“Joy and heartbeats intertwine; questions and answers finally meet; when melodies touch the dancing feet.”
Source: The Book of Dance
“Joy and laughter return with the coming of spring blossoms, only when sadness is buried within the winter of one's soul.”
Source: Dragonhearted
“Joy and life exist nowhere but the present.”
Source: I Love a Broad Margin To My Life
“Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.”
“Joy and pain can build and intensify, driving you either to hopes and dreams or trapping you within the four walls of sadness.
It's time you wrote your unwritten letters of the heart.
Won't you shed the unshed grief, and fall in love with life again?”
“Joy and pain, they are but two arteries of the one heart that pumps through all those who don't numb themselves to really living.”
“Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.”
“Joy and play are genuine ways to keep healthy, fight disease and prolong your life”
Source: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
“Joy and pleasure is at the end of the justice. A right understanding of who God is and who we are in His creation.”
“Joy and prayer are a science, whoever follows it produces great results for life. Just feel everything and stay alive.”
“JOY and PURPOSE in Meaningful Work WILL KEEP YOU SANE.”
“Joy and sadness come by turns.”
Source: The Moviegoer: A Novel
“Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.”
Source: The George Eliot Letters: 1878-1880
“joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”
“Joy and sorrow are like milk and cookies. That's how well they go together.”
“Joy and sorrow in this world pass into each other, mingling their forms and their murmurs in the twilight of life as mysterious as an overshadowed ocean, while the dazzling brightness of supreme hopes lies far off, fascinating and still, on the distant edge of the horizon”
Source: A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences
“Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.”
“Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.”
“Joy and truth both have a way
of peeking through any dark curtain.”
Source: Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
“Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine.
Under every grief and pine
Runs a joy with silken twine.”
Source: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
“Joy and woe are woven fine.”
“Joy arises only in creating joy for others; there is no other way. The more people you can make happy, the more you will feel happy. This is the real meaning of service.”
“Joy arises out of our very core. Joy is not dependent on other people or outer circumstances. Joy arises when you
come home. Joy is to enter into your own inner being, into your own self. In the beginning, it is difficult and arduous. In the
beginning, you will have to encounter fear, misery and pain, but the deeper you enter into it; the greater will be the reward.”
Source: The Call of the Heart
“joy arrives without traveling
fear chats without talking
anger dances without moving
trust watches without seeing”
“Joy,” as the Archbishop said during the week, “is much bigger than happiness. While happiness is often seen as being dependent on external circumstances, joy is not.”
Source: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World