Great Joy Quotes - Page 2

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Beautiful, Nature

Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, St. Martin's Press

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The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.

Bertrand Russell

Happiness, Exercise, Joy

Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.63, Lulu Press, Inc

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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Khalil Gibran

Happiness, Famous Inspirational, Giving

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Christopher McCandless

Adventure, Adventurous Life, New Experiences

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Your life's work begins when your great joy meets the world's great hunger.

Kate Bornstein

Joy, World, Hunger

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Great joys, like griefs, are silent.

Shackerley Marmion

Grief, Grieving, Joy

Shackerley Marmion (1875). “The Dramatic Works of Shackerley Marmion with Prefatory Memoir: Introduction and Notes”, p.82, Edinburgh : W. Paterson

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Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.

Vincent McNabb

Talking, Liking Someone, Joy

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My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.

Isabel Allende

Loss, Joy, Life Is

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We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin and lurch across our lives. There are moments of great joy and magic. The most astounding things can lie waiting as each day dawns, as each page turns.

David Almond

Lying, Rivers, Joy

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All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices, Need have no more doubts or uncertainties. Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.

Gautama Buddha

Teacher, Buddhist, Heart

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It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom

Alfred Jarry

Home, Fire, Joy

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Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

Julie Burchill

Two, Joy, Gluttony

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Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

Dawn French

Writing, Joy, Simply Love

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One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women, Republicans and Democrats, have worked together so well with our chairman and the chairman of the full committee to address the issues of housing for our soldiers.

Robin Hayes

Men, Years, Issues

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Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy.

Peter O'Toole

Joy, Beckett, Highlights

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Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

Jim Rohn

Responsibility, Sacrifice, Greatness

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jun 06, 2015

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There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

W. Clement Stone

Inspirational, Giving, Joy

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One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing.

Eli Roth

Nice, Joy, Suits

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Some people just derive great joy from making other people laugh. And I do, but I don't feel like I need to do it 24 hours a day.

Steve Carell

People, Laughing, Joy

Interviewwith Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. August 23, 2005.

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Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Joy, Sorrow, Novelists

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.1744, Delphi Classics

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Lady ---- is safely delivered of a son, to the great joy of that noble family. The expression, of a woman's having brought her husband a son, seems to be a proper and cautious one; for it is never said, from whence.

Lord Chesterfield

Husband, Son, Expression

Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.325, Oxford University Press

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it pleaseth me when I see through the meadows
The tents and pavilions set up, and great joy have I
When I see o'er the campana knights armed and horses arrayed.

And it pleaseth me when the scouts set in flight the folk with
their goods;
And it pleaseth me when I see coming together after them an host of
armed men.

Bertran de Born

Horse, Men, Knights

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Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!

Guy Fieri

Kids, Joy, Parent

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There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

James Hunter

Joy, Needs, Serving Others

James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.182, Crown Business

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Sometimes small things lead to great joys.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Joy, Sometimes, Small Things

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