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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Aeschylus
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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. -Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa
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Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare
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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it. -Michel de Montaigne
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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

David Gayson
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There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. -Jean Paul Richter
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May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher Hershey
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There is no time like the pleasant.

Oliver Herford
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In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed 'unwittingly,' the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing? -David Mamet
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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

James Brown
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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen
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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. -Sir Wilfred Grenfell
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My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer
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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Phil Jackson
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I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect. -J. Michael Straczynski
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I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.

Sara Teasdale
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Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.

Ecclesiastes
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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. -Euripides
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There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.

Sister Mary Rose McGeady
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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese
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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. -Stanislaw J. Lec
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There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Pearl S. Buck
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Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. -Edward Chapin
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Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

James Russell Lowell
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Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.

Jewish Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless. -Friedrich von Schiller
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