Joy

Famous quotes containing the word joy:

“But that a joy past joy calls out on me,
It were a grief, so brief to part with thee.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 61:3.

“Joy is prayer—Joy is strength—Joy is love—Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God loves a cheerful giver. She gives most who gives with joy. The best way to show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of the Christ risen.”
—Mother Teresa (b. 1910)