J Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with J. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Joy is brief because eternity makes it cheap”
“Joy is bumping into friends and their kids mid run, and being asked by a three year old if I want to race!”
“Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.”
Source: What is literature?
“Joy is celestial.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Joy is connection... The more areas in your life you can make connection, the better.”
“Joy is deeper than happiness; joy doesn't depend on the circumstance, persons or place. It can not be removed, reversed or revoked as it's source is divine and not natural.”
“Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy.”
“Joy is easier when you're a little foolish.”
“Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless exuberance of spring: in the severe abstinence of grey winter: in the living flesh that animates our bodily frame: in the perfect poise of the human figure, noble and upright: in living, in the exercise of all our powers: in the acquisition of knowledge. . . Joy is there everywhere.”
Source: SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life
“Joy is finding the holy in the small and the sacred in the everyday.”
“Joy is found in the mundane when you open the window of God, for He is the breath of life.”
Source: The Fasting Weigh: Breaking the Chains of Addiction
“Joy is found in what we experience (verb), not what we have or achieve (noun).”
Source: From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop "Doing" Life and Start Living It
“Joy is God in the marrow of our bones.”
“Joy is God's smile; love is God's laughter.”
“JOY IS HARD TO MAINTAIN
IF DERIVED FROM OUTSIDE.”
“Joy is heavenly Jerusalem.”
“Joy is held in the seed of agony, for what was closed in the winds of grief, now opens as a flower.”
“Joy is held in the seed of agony, for what was closed in the winds of grief, now opens as a flower. The bud that tightened, suddenly is awake and a new blossom unfolds.”
“Joy is immeasurable cheerfulness.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Joy is in the ears that hear.”
Source: Power That Preserves
“JOY is in the JOurneY, not the destination.”
“Joy is increased by spreading it to others.”
Source: The life and remains, letters, lectures, and poems of [the Rev] Robert Murray McCheyne
“Joy is inexplicable peace that comes from within.”
“Joy is like a jewel.”
“Joy is like air. We take it for granted, until it's not there. Then we know, desperately, how much it is needed”
Source: Bridget's Calling
“Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.”
Source: A Chaplet of Verses
“Joy is like vapour. You can't save it for later.”
Source: Sense of a Quiet
“Joy is love exalted; peace is love in response; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is love on the battlefield; meekness is love in tough situations; and temperance is love in training.”
“Joy is meant to be felt; its not meant to be detained. It is meant to be shared with others; not to be felt alone. When all the mouths smile out their teeth together, thats when the greatest happiness can be measured. You don't smile in order to see your friends cry and claim your joy is divine.”
“Joy is more infectious than leprosy.”
“Joy is more moral than every possible purification.”
“Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.”
“Joy is never guaranteed,' Tieran says, his voice gentle. 'But you can wed yourself to pain. I suppose, at least in that, there is no chance of surprise.”
Source: The Prisoner’s Throne
“Joy is never guaranteed,' Tiernan says, his voice gentle. 'But you can wed yourself to pain. I suppose, at least in that, there is no chance of surprise.”
Source: The Prisoner’s Throne
“Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is”
Source: Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“Joy is never tomorrow it's always now!”
Source: Celebrating Silence
“Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we're too busy chasing down the extraordinary moments. Other times we're so afraid of the dark we don't dare let ourselves enjoy the light. A joyful life is not a floodlight of joy. That would eventually become unbearable. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude and inspiration”
“Joy is not a feeling in us. Joy does not enter into us. We enter into joy: "Enter into the joy of your Lord" (Mt 25:21).”
“Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.”
Source: Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“Joy is not a thing, it is in us.”
“Joy is not about fulfilling expectations, joy is about learning to live beyond expectations.”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“Joy is not always found in splendour — but in the ordinary. In the steam rising from a morning cup. In a shared laugh. In the quiet beauty that surrounds us, waiting to be noticed.”
Source: Pathway to Joy and Success: A journey of the heart... where joy awakens, and success finds its soul.
“Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.”
“Joy is not born of perfection, but of the moments we choose to celebrate.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Joy is not dependent on circumstances; it is your own. It is not a titillation produced by things; it is a state of peace, of silence-a meditative state. It is spiritual.”
“Joy is not dependent upon outward circumstances. Joy is something that we can have under all circumstances when we are sad or happy. Outward circumstances are always neutral. They seem to be happy or sad according to the happy or sad attitudes of the mind.”
“Joy is not found in the absence of trials but in the presence of Christ.”
“Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes.”
Source: I Come Quietly to Meet You: An Intimate Journey in God's Presence
“Joy is not in opposition to suffering it is the outcome of successfully meeting its challenges and completing its tasks (9)”
Source: Why All People Suffer: How a Loving God Uses Suffering to Perfect Us
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”