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"Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose"
-- Charles Du Bos

"There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation."
-- Henri Bergson (1859-1941), French Philosopher

"This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with."
-- Mark Twain

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
-- Holy Bible, Psalms 30:5

"When faith gets serious, Joy turns delirious."
-- J. Randal Matheny

"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy."
-- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves."
-- Sir James M. Barrie (1860-1937) British Playwright

"Focus on making yourself happy and you'll soon be miserable. Focus on bringing joy to others and your own happiness will quickly follow."
-- Roy H. Williams, author

"If you want to put more joy in your life, put more effort into the things you do. We get more satisfaction and joy from things we have worked hard on, than we do from things that came easily to us. Extra effort pays the dividend of giving you better results and also the increased satisfaction of seeing the work pay off."
-- Edward W. Smith, Sixty Seconds To Success

"Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God."
-- Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Jesuit priest, paleontologist and philosopher

"Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph."
-- William Butler Yeats

"Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are."
-- Marianne Williamson (Author of A Return To Love)