“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.”
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John Piper
3 quotes“The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.”
Gilbert Chesterton
3 quotes“The true object of all human life is play.”
Lucy Maud Montgomery
2 quotes“We mustn't let next week rob us of this week's joy.”
Gordon B. Hinckley
2 quotes“In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
Barbara Bush
1 quote“Whether you are talking about education career or service you are talking about life. And life must really have joy....”
Barbara Tuchman
1 quote“If it was bliss to be alive, to hunt was rapture.”
Chris Brown
1 quote“Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.”
C.S. Lewis
1 quote“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
D.H. Lawrence
1 quote“I got the blues thinking of the future so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shre...”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1 quote“Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.”
Dr. Seuss
1 quote“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1 quote“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”