Devotions on Joy

A Little Moment of Joy
My First Airplane Ride
My Resignation...
Prayer of St. Francis
Someday, Life Will Get Better
The New Footprints II
The Path to a Dream

Quotations on Joy

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
- W.H. Auden
*** We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
- Helen Keller
*** When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.
- James Brown
*** Joy is not in things; it is in us.
- Richard Wagner
*** I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
- C. S. Lewis
*** The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
- Pearl S. Buck
*** To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
- Pearl S. Buck
*** Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
- Thomas Aquinas
*** Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Anger Devotions [2]
Animal Devotions [5]
Art Devotions [1]
Attitude Devotions [3]
Beauty Devotions [16]
Bible Devotions [7]
Blessing Devotions [7]
Challenge Devotions [6]
Change Devotions [1]
Character Devotions [5]
Chicken Devotions [2]
Children Devotions [39]
Christian Devotions [2]
Christmas Devotions [5]
Church Devotions [3]
College Devotions [2]
Companionship Devotions [1]
Complaint Devotions [1]
Courage Devotions [4]
Criminal Devotions [3]
Dance Devotions [1]
Death Devotions [9]
Deep Thoughts Devotions [2]
Desire Devotions [1]
Destiny Devotions [2]
Dog Devotions [2]
Doubt Devotions [1]
Dream Devotions [3]
Driving Devotions [6]
Egg Devotions [1]
Excellence Devotions [7]
Excuses Devotions [1]
Faith Devotions [22]
Father Devotions [7]
Fishing Devotions [2]
Food Devotions [3]
Forgiving Devotions [9]
Freedom Devotions [1]
Friendship Devotions [9]
Funny Quizzes Devotions [2]
Giving Devotions [17]
Glamour Devotions [1]
God Devotions [32]
God's Promises Devotions [1]
Golf Devotions [1]
Goodness Devotions [3]
Grace Devotions [5]
Growth Devotions [1]
Guardian Angel Devotions [3]
Habit Devotions [1]
Happiness Devotions [4]
Hero Devotions [1]
Honesty Devotions [2]
Hope Devotions [4]
Humor Devotions [1]
Hunger Devotions [1]
Ice Cream Devotions [1]
Impossible Devotions [2]
Integrity Devotions [2]
Joy Devotions [7]
Kindness Devotions [19]
Knowledge Devotions [5]
Leadership Devotions [3]
Lists Devotions [1]
Lonliness Devotions [2]
Love Devotions [45]
Loyalty Devotions [1]
Medical Devotions [3]
Memory Devotions [1]
Men Devotions [2]
Miracle Devotions [6]
Money Devotions [9]
Mother Devotions [6]
Music Devotions [2]
Nature Devotions [5]
Obstacle Devotions [2]
Old Age Devotions [1]
Old People Devotions [5]
Optimism Devotions [1]
Outdoor Devotions [1]
Parent Devotions [1]
Patriotic Devotions [1]
Peace Devotions [2]
Perfection Devotions [2]
Persistence Devotions [10]
Police Devotions [1]
Political Devotions [1]
Prayer Devotions [24]
Recognition Devotions [1]
Redemption Devotions [1]
Regeneration Devotions [3]
Salvation Devotions [13]
Santa Devotions [1]
School Devotions [2]
Self Esteem Devotions [1]
Service Devotions [1]
Sports Devotions [3]
Spring Devotions [1]
Strength Devotions [1]
Success Devotions [4]
Teacher Devotions [2]
Thankfulness Devotions [10]
Thanksgiving Devotions [1]
Time Devotions [24]
Travel Devotions [1]
Trouble Devotions [5]
Trust Devotions [8]
Unfairness Devotions [1]
Unity Devotions [2]
Weakness Devotions [1]
Wisdom Devotions [14]
Women Devotions [3]
Work Devotions [7]
Worry Devotions [1]

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