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Quotes About Joy

Prime?te-acum de ziua tristei s?rb?tori potirul meu cu lacrimi,bra?ul meu de flori, s? fii în moarte,vie-numai trandafiri...
~ Pierre Ronsard
I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.
~ Pierre Salinger
Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.
~ Piers Anthony
He turned his head and saw a daisy growing by his nose. He picked it, sniffed it, and then handed it to Carlitos, who lay beside him. Carlitos took it from him and was about to smell it too, but instead he crammed it into his mouth and ate it.
~ Piers Paul Read
It isn't enough to exasperate others. You have to remember to gladden yourself!
~ Piet Hein
Zeus, accomplisher, to all grant grave restraint and attainment of sweet delight.
~ Pindar
If a man is born for success, another may with a god's help 20 sharpen his edge and drive him towards prodigious feats of glory;   and without exertion few have won joy,   which is a radiance in men's lives beyond all deeds.
~ Pindar
Cuando un dios envía a un hombre un gozo, antes forja a golpes su corazón ennegrecido.
~ Pindar
Life must be lived as play.
~ Plato
There is truth in wine and children
~ Plato
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
~ Plato
The happier the moment the shorter.
~ Pliny the Elder
The happier time, the quicker it passes
~ Pliny the Younger
The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.
~ Plutarch
La suerte..., eso que muchos creen que es la base del triunfo y de la dicha, y no es nada más que la excusa para negarse, muchas veces, el triunfo y la dicha.
~ Poldy Bird
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.
~ Polly Toynbee
Whatever our desires may be, getting the object of our desire is not the same thing as contentment, which comes from within. In the end, we'll never find complete contentment, a perfect sense of peace, if our mind isn't content and at peace.
~ Ponlop Rinpoche, Dzogchen
Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely to the pursuit of holiness, and using all your talents in the service of others!
~ Pope Benedict XVI
The time has come for me to say good-bye-or better, 'arrivederci!'. World Youth Day 2011 will take place in Madrid, Spain. Until then, let us continue to pray for one another, and let us joyfully bear witness to Christ before the world.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
"There is more joy in giving than in receiving." Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
~ Pope John Paul (II)
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
~ Pope John Paul II
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
~ Pope John Paul II