true joy QUOTES

1 " Don’t be afraid to stand tall in YOUR truth! Boldly and confidently face everything that has, and is, keeping you bound. Fight for your inner peace! Fight for your happiness! Fight for everything and everybody that’s important to you! You are NOT a victim! Don’t even play into that. You owe it to yourself to LIVE! Live your life without the regrets, without the resentments, without the unforgiveness, without the blame game, without the self-pity, without any and everything that keeps you from experiencing true joy within! You are too important to waste your life away! Learn to appreciate and value your life, but most importantly, learn to appreciate and value yourself! You count too, no matter what you’ve done! "

― Stephanie Lahart

2 " Always be a seeker. Always be a giver without expecting anything in return. Remember that true joy is in the journey not the destination. "

― Debasish Mridha

3 " There is a purpose in life--to raise men nearer to the likeness of God. Whoever seeks that ideal, daily, finds joy; and in no other way can true joy be found. "

4 " Without pain, how would we know what true joy feels like? "

― Tim Hiller , Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters

5 " Some details in life may look insignificant but appear to be vital leitmotifs in a person's life. They may have the value of " Rosebuds" of Citizen Kane or " Madeleine cookies" of Marcel Proust or " Strawberry fields" of the Beatles. People regularly walk down the memory lane of their early youth. The paper boats of their childhood are recurrently floating on the waves of their mind and bring back the mood and the spirit of the early days. They enable us to retreat from the trivial, daily worries and can generate delightful bliss and true joy in a sometimes frantic and chaotic life. (" Paper boats forever" ) "

6 " Our most intense joy comes not from personal feats, but from helping other persons achieve their goals. We become suppler human beings when we find true joy in witnessing other people’s successes and unabashedly share in their joyful accomplishments. "

― , Dead Toad Scrolls

7 " Inspire others without expecting anything in return. True joy is in giving. "

― Debasish Mridha

8 " At first sight, joy seems to be connected with being different. When you receive a compliment or win an award, you experience the joy of not being the same as others. You are faster, smarter, more beautiful, and it is that difference that brings you joy. But such joy is very temporary. True joy is hidden where we are the same as other people: fragile and mortal. It is the joy of belonging to the human race. It is the joy of being with others as a friend, a companion, a fellow traveler. This is the joy of Jesus, who is Emmanuel: God-with-us. "

― Henri J.M. Nouwen , Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith

9 " There is a great difference between successfulness and fruitfulness. Success comes from strength, control, and respectability. A successful person has the energy to create something, to keep control over its development, and to make it available in large quantities. Success brings many rewards and often fame. Fruits, however, come from weakness and vulnerability. And fruits are unique. A child is the fruit conceived in vulnerability, community is the fruit born through shared brokenness, and intimacy is the fruit that grows through touching one another's wounds. Let's remind one another that what brings us true joy is not successfulness but fruitfulness. "

― Henri J.M. Nouwen , Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith

10 " This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one instead of being a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. "

11 " This is true joy of life-being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... instead of being a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. "

12 " A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live. "

13 " A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. "