'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!
A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked
All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it.
For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much — anticipated vacation.
For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.
I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love
Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.
Joy is free, unrestrained passion
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.
Joy runs deeper than despair
Joy, has no cost.