It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight.
Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy.
If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our lives with simple good things and constantly thank God for them, we will be joyful, that is, full of joy. And what about our problems? When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems.
Personally, I think four is the perfect number of children for our particular family. Four is enough to create the frenzied cacophony that my husband and I find so joyful.
Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?
The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion
All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. And that no one can do who has not himself learned how to live in it in the joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy of the knowledge of life as it is.
When you make a record and have to go out on tour for it, you have to go out on tour for it. Whether it's going to be joyful or not, you have to do it.
Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.
I came to a clear conclusion, and it is a universal one: To live, to struggle, to be in love with life--in love with all life holds, joyful or sorrowful--is fulfillment. The fullness of life is open to all of us.
Be the holder of your own Nature. It is a joyful responsibility.
In the face of life’s difficulties, let us ask the Lord for the strength to remain joyful witnesses to our faith.
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.
I hope the exit is joyful and i hope never to return.
One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.
Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it.
Being a joyful vegan is the best way I know to contribute to the happiness of others, ultimately ensuring our own happiness.
ALWAYS PRACTICE the Art of Peace in a vibrant and joyful manner.
There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.
I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.