Quotes with joy-bearing

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  • Buddha We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Charles J. Fillmore We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.
    Charles J. Fillmore
    American linguist and Professor of Linguistics (1929 - 2014)
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  • Angela Carter What a joy it is to dance and sing!
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Seneca What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Alexander Pope What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, I the soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, I is virtue's prize.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Hannah Arendt What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Carole King When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.
    Carole King
    American singer-songwriter (1942 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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W. Bruce Cameron When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber When we finally came to start work on this, the joy was it was only Joel and I, we didn't have to answer to anybody, and we didn't have to submit a screen play or anything like that. We just wrote it and then made it.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Maxim Gorky When work is a pleasure, life is joy.! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
    Maxim Gorky
    Russian and Soviet writer (0 - 1936)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh When you are in deep meditation, you feel a great serenity, a joy that is unknown to you, a watchfulness that is a new guest. Soon this watchfulness will become the host. The day the watchfulness becomes the host, it remains twenty-four hours with you. And out of this watchfulness, whatever you do has a wisdom in it. Whatever you do shows a clarity, a purity, a spontaneity, a grace.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Stanislaw Jerzy Lec When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
    Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
    Polish writer (1909 - 1966)
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  • Jean Shinoda Bolen When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
    Jean Shinoda Bolen
    American psychiatrist (1936 - )
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  • Bonnie Tyler Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excites me. It's one of the songs that audiences know all the lyrics to, and they sing along with me, and it makes me so happy. People also know my songs 'Holding out for a Hero' and 'Lost in France,' and this gives me so much joy on stage.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • St. Francis of Assisi Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
    St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Bill Mauldin While a guy at home is sweating over his income tax and Victory garden, a dogface somewhere is getting great joy out of wiggling his little finger. He does it just to see it move and to prove to himself that he is still alive and able to move it.
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    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Anna Freud Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?
    Anna Freud
    Austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895 - 1982)
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