J Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with J. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“Joy is the grace we say to God.”
Source: Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews
“Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of joy of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus Christ does not come to a man and say, 'Cheer up.' He plants within a man the miracle of the joy of God's own nature.”
Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers
“Joy is the happiness of love - love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, and joy comes from within, and it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world.”
“Joy is the highest expression of love.”
“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.”
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”
“Joy is the life of man's life.”
Source: Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter
“Joy is the mainspring in the whole
Of endless Nature's calm rotation.
Joy moves the dazzling wheels that roll
In the great Time-piece of Creation.”
Source: Sammlung
“Joy is the manifestation of the Creator's Power, illumining a world in darkness.”
Source: Leaves of Morya's Garden I (The Call)
“Joy is the most Magnetic Force in the Universe!”
“Joy is the only achievement that truly matters. Without it there is no real accomplishment, and all success becomes meaningless.”
“Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.”
Source: One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
“Joy is the reflex of terror.”
Source: Les Mis??rables
“Joy is the response of a lover receiving what he loves. This is the joy we feel when skiing powder… This overflowing gratitude is what produces the absolutely stupid, silly grins that we always flash at one another at the bottom of a powder run. We all agree that we never see these grins anywhere else in life.”
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.”
Source: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis
“Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.”
“Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things.”
“Joy is the sheer evidence of God.”
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
“Joy is the state of the human soul who is not identified with the personality. Happiness is a state of the soul who is identified with the personality and enjoys the life in the personality.”
“Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, all melodies the echoes of that voice, all colours a suffusion from that light.”
Source: The works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: prose and verse
“Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.”
“Joy is the true gift of Christmas, and we can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, forgiveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us.”
“Joy is the true gift of Christmas.”
Source: Mary
“Joy is the whole game, not just the end game”
“Joy is the wild card of life; it supersedes every other formula for success. If you can find a way to create joy, you can rise beyond all external factors. If you can play at whatever you are doing, you are the master of your life.”
“Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind of feeling that goes with creativity. That's why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you're born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy.”
“Joy is there everywhere; it is superfluous, unnecessary; nay, it very often contradicts the most peremptory behests of necessity. It exists to show that the bonds of law can only be explained by love; they are like body and soul. Joy is the realisation of the truth of oneness, the oneness of our soul with the world and of the world-soul with the supreme lover.”
Source: SĀDHANĀ - The Realisation of life
“Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.”
“Joy is too often not appropriate nor welcomed. That's why I LOVE FESTIVE PARTIES!!!!”
“Joy is uncaused and arises from within as the joy of Being. It is an essential part of the inner state of peace, the state that has been called the peace of God. It is your natural state, not something that you need to work hard for or struggle to attain.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Joy is very infectious; therefore, be always full of joy!”
“Joy is wealth and love is the legal tender of the soul.”
Source: Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the Chinese God--Is Suicide a Sin?--The Right to One's Life--etc. Etc. Etc
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”
“Joy is what we all seek. It is an energy more powerful than food. But without love we can not feel true joy.”
“Joy is what we are, not what we must get. Joy is the realization that all we want or need in life has been etched into our souls. Joy helps us see not what we are "going through," but what we are "growing to"-a greater sense of understanding, accomplishment, and enlightenment. Joy reveals to us the calm at the end of the storm, the peace that surpasses the momentary happiness of pleasure. If we keep our minds centered on joy, joy becomes a state of mind.”
“Joy is within.”
“Joy is your birthright.”
Source: The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More
“Joy is your blueprint and your birthright.”
Source: Yin Yoga & Meditation
“Joy is your heart's housekeeper.”
“Joy isn’t a mood. Joy is a method.”
Source: Joy Is the Key and You Are the Door
“Joy isn’t if/then: it’s when/then.
When you invite and expect more joy, then you’re certain to find it.
Entertain fear, anger, resentment, etc., and you will surely find those, too.”
Source: BIG: the practice of joy
“Joy isn’t just an outcome; it’s a strategy. The happiest and most impactful individuals cultivate habits that feed their soul. From practicing gratitude and fostering authentic relationships to pursuing work that lights them up.”
Source: Empowering You - Beyond Success: Cultivating a Life of Significance & Joy #2
“Joy isn’t seasonal, it’s a lifestyle.”
“Joy isn't something you find at the end of the road; it's the light you carry while you walk it." — Rhe Rheade”
Source: Perhaps Joy: Join Morty the Torty on his quest to find Joy.
“Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.”
Source: When Life and Beliefs Collide: How Knowing God Makes a Difference
“Joy isn't the natural response to blessings - joy is what comes from acknowledging them.”
“Joy keeps the soul alive.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Joy knows itself. As children we didn’t even know the word joy, we were joy.”
Source: The Perfume of Silence