Famous Quotes & Sayings

Julie Bowen

As I have gotten older, I've discovered the joys of being lazy.

Joyce Meyer

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life.

Josh McDowell

My joy in life is not because I have not had any problems. I have joy because I have learned there is nothing too great for Gods power to deal with, nor anything too small or insignificant for His love to be concerned about.

Joseph Fiennes

I guess there's nothing I don't like about Merlin, in this presentation. I love everything, even the things I find despicable and abhorrent in Merlin. They're actually a joy to ride on the tailcoats of.

Lawrence Welk

To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.

Layne Staley

I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a.... thrill.....and a joy

John Keats

But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?

Karl Barth

The theologian who labours without joy is not a theologian at all.

Karl Barth

The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field.

Ouida

What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth? --"Wanda

Ouida

Love, the one supreme, unceasing source of human felicity, the one sole joy which lifts the whole mortal existence into the empyrean, was by it [Christianity] degraded into the mere mechanical action of reproduction.

Ossie Davis

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Oscar Wilde

I walk the world in wonder.

Joyce Meyer

When you are a thankful person it releases joy.

Joyce Meyer

Without joy in your life you are powerless.

Paul Tournier

If there had been no fear of failure, neither would there be any joy in success.

Paul Tillich

The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.

Paul Tillich

Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life and sanctifies it: "The Universe is God's sanctuary. Every work day is a day of the Lord, every supper is a Lord's supper, every work a fulfillment of the divine task, every joy a joy in God. In all preliminary concerns, ultimate concern is present, consecrating them."

John Scofield

When you compare music, you lose the joy of listening to it.

John Piper

To see Him and know Him and be in His presence is the soul’s final feast. Beyond this there is no quest. Words fail. We call it pleasure, joy, delight. But these are weak pointers to the unspeakable experience.

John Piper

We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So find your joy in God and be done with all idolatry.

John Piper

God is not a killjoy; he just opposes what kills joy.

John Piper

We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.

John Piper

The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from feasting our souls on all that He purchased for us on the cross, especially His own fellowship.

John Piper

The chief end of missions is the supremacy of God in the joy of all peoples.

John Piper

In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.

Martin Mull

To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a great joy.

Martin Luther

The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit the joy of the Gospel.

Mariella Frostrup

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.

Ozzy Osbourne

I feel joy when I do a great show.

Ovid

The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.

Ovid

We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

Matthew Fox

We honor life when we work. The type of work is not important: the fact of work is. All work feeds the soul if it is honest and done to the best of our abilities and if it brings joy to others.