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Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumsta...

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[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring p...

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We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know ...

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The ability to rejoice in any situation is a sign of spiritual maturity.

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Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy ru...

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Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and ...

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Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will...

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Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

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No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for th...

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This “I” was made in the image of God for fellowship with God. Without God it is miserable, empty, c...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the dark...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumsta...

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[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring p...

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We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know ...

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The ability to rejoice in any situation is a sign of spiritual maturity.

Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy ru...

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Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and ...

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Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will...

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Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for th...

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This “I” was made in the image of God for fellowship with God. Without God it is miserable, empty, c...

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I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the dark...

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Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumsta...

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[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring p...

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We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know ...

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Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy ru...

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Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and ...

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Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will...

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Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for th...

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This “I” was made in the image of God for fellowship with God. Without God it is miserable, empty, c...

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I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the dark...

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Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumsta...

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[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring p...

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We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know ...

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The ability to rejoice in any situation is a sign of spiritual maturity.

Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy ru...

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Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and ...

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Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will...

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Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for th...

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This “I” was made in the image of God for fellowship with God. Without God it is miserable, empty, c...

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I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the dark...

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Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumsta...

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[As a young man] I sought thrills! I found them in Christ. I looked for something that would bring p...

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We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know ...

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The ability to rejoice in any situation is a sign of spiritual maturity.

Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy ru...

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Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and ...

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Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will...

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Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for th...

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This “I” was made in the image of God for fellowship with God. Without God it is miserable, empty, c...

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I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the dark...

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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If ther...

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I have cried even when the laugh did choke me. But no more think that I am all sorry when I cry, for...

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A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be...

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I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften ...

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If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our r...

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[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never intervie...

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Numb the dark and you numb the light.

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Brené BrownDaring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live

Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the...

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Brené BrownDaring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct.

If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the wa...

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All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings ...

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What you have made me see,' answered the Lady, 'is as plain as the sky, but I never saw it before. Y...

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Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

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C. S. LewisA Grief Observed

If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the wa...

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The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for.

I was still young and the whole world of beauty was opening before me, my own officious obstructions...

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C. S. LewisSurprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

And yet all loneliness, angers, hatreds, envies, and itchings that (Hell) contains, if rolled into o...

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I believe it all. If I seem not to, it is only that my joy is too great to let my belief settle itse...

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C. S. LewisThe Last Battle

This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with...

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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it runs by.

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the m...

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I cannot explain love. I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was ...

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Sometimes he wondered if he did these things just to test himself. To see if the feelings had gone. ...

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.

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Charles DickensOur Mutual Friend

There is more reason to say grace before beginning a book than there is to say it before beginning t...

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Winning isn’t everything, but losing isn’t anything.

As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conce...

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Every joy that life gives must be earned ere it be secured; and how hardly earned, those only know w...

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God surely did not create us, and cause us to live, with the sole end of wishing always to die. I be...

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Our power of being happy lies a good deal in ourselves, I believe.

The hopes that, in my own heart sown,And cherished by such sun and rain,As Joy and transient Sorrow ...

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Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. . . And her joy would become a restless thing, flappin...

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It is the experiences, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meanin...

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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy th...

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Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process t...

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Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it's your responsibility to ...

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Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.

When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accep...

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Clarence DarrowThe Essential Words and Writings of Clarence Darrow

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.

It is a beautiful thing to be on fire for justice… there is no greater joy than inspiring and empowe...

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