May every voice proclaim thy praise.And every knee bow in thy presenceThe tangible promise of our faith.May thy Charity, like a mantle, Lift us to God on high.

She was crouched in the corner of the room, eating something off the floor. It was the old woman dressed in endless black. When she looked up this time there was no question she was...

Crying makes problems seem longer, and laughing makes problems seem shorter. Therefore in life if you cannot find a way out of your problems just take a short cut through them: that shortcut is laughter.

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December’s as pleasant as May.

What makes a man’s 80 year-old Irish uncle skip like a little boy? “Me Father is very fond of me!

God never leaves His children to wander alone. We are always surrounded with unconditional love.

It is all for naught, if not for love.

Happily-ever-afters don’t come in happily-every-days. They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.

The only reason you continue to love someone who treats you poorly is because you don’t value yourself enough.

Never deviate from the path unless you are going to make love in the bushes …..

Happiness envelopes the heart.

Her soul whispers to his, “Take me. I am ready.

I read the title from the cover. ‘ ‘The joy of… crap.’ ‘ I read the rest of the full title of the thick, nondescript volume to myself and felt myself redden.Noah turned over on...

no”, we create a separation from life and begin to create dreams and expectations of how it should be. We begin to live in the memories of the past and in the fantasies of the...

When we have developed a trust in both our inner man and woman and they can nourish, support, communicate and cooperate with each other, a love begins to flow between them.

Modern man is full of platitudes about living life to its fullest, with catchy keychain phrases and little plaques for kitchen walls. But if you’ve never retreated to the solitude of a dark room and...

Joy is a gift given not an emotion earned.

Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.

The things you can take with you: Love, Trust, Respect, Joy,.The things you leave behind: Everything else.

photographs are very interesting, and you can look into them a million times and still find a new meaning in them, something in the past that was caught in the film itself…

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. It is far better to be free, to leave the forts and barricades of fear, to stand erect and face the future with a smile. It...

Love doesn’t make the world go ’round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

On vain epätäydellisyyttä, jossa on ripaus iloa.

[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or...

It became clear that Keisha Blake could not start something without finishing it. If she climbed onto the boundary wall of Caldwell, she was compelled to walk the entire wall, no matter the obstructions in...

I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance.

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

Pain does not define us, neither does joy; our deepest definition is independent of our experiences.

Injustice happened to animals as they born an animal, you are born as man what else do you need ?

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

Bringing joy to another lights a thousand suns within.

Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It’s so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.

Thoughts guide you everyday. They become your choices. If you’re not happy with your life, change your thoughts. Think more positive.

There is nothing wrong with falling in love. Don’t trip and bump your head only to realize you’re experiencing infatuation.

Embracing and counting our blessings simplifies our life for a much greater joy!

Spring has a secret to tell us: life is for beauty and life is for joy.

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

When you wake up each morning with a burning passion to accomplish a goal, you’ve already won the day.

We never thought ‘Say Something’ would be a holiday song. I’m still surprised that it’s resonating at this time of year. Maybe that’s why it’s working so well – it balances out all the joy.

Old age is not meant to be survived alone,” Man Rapadou said, her voice trailing with her own hidden thoughts. “Death should come gently, slowly, like a man’s hand approaching your body. There can be...

Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard’s face he saw at first only lines...

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

1 John 1:4 “These things [are written] that your joy may be full.” I can always measure the amount of time I’m spending in the Scriptures by how much joy (not superficial happiness, but deep...

The kind of soil in your area determines the type of crop you will plant to harvest; The kind of potentials in you will decide the type of success you will celebrate.

We get greatest joy not from receiving but from giving.

I write to fill my mind with the ecstasy of life.

Let us never be afraid of innocent joy; God is good and what he does is well done; resign yourself to everything, even happiness; ask for the spirit of sacrifice, of detachment, of renunciation, and...

Don’t worry about what other people think. Do what makes you happy. Do whatever it takes to make the people in your life happy. Court joy as if it were the air that you needed...

Perhaps it was the darkness and secrecy that lent an extra layer of excitement to their meeting? Certainly, all of her other senses felt heightened to an almost unbearable extent. She couldn’t see, but she...

One of pleasures of parenting, future reader: parent can positively influence kid, make moment kid will remember for rest of life, moment that alters his/her trajectory, opens up his/her heart + mind.