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“In the bathtub. My dad came in and said, "Guess who they want to play Harry Potter?" I think I said the name of another actor, because I was sure it wasn't me. Then he said, "No, it's you," and I started to cry with joy. That night, I woke up at 2 in the morning and woke up mom and dad and asked, "Am I dreaming? Will I really play Harry Potter?”
Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you would have clear and irrefragable for a perpetual joy, a glory and a defense, the unwavering confidence, "I am Thy child," go to God's throne, and lie down at the foot of it, and let the first thought be, "My Father in heaven;" and that will brighten, that will establish, that will make omnipotent in your life, the witness of the Spirit that you are the child of God.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And so, in calm expectation of a blessed future and a finished work which will explain the past, in honest submission of out way to God, in supreme delight in Him who is the gladness of our joy, the secret of tranquillity will be ours.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We cannot rekindle the morning beams of childhood; we cannot recall the noontide glory of youth; we cannot bring back the perfect day of maturity; we cannot fix the evening rays of age in the shadowy horizon; but we can cherish that goodness which is the sweetness of childhood, the joy of youth, the strength of maturity, the honor of old age, and the bliss of saints.”
Henry Giles (1809–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Earthly joy can take but a bat-like flight, always checked, always limited, in dusk and darkness. But the love of Christ breaks through the vaulting, and leads us up into the free sky above, expanding to the very throne of Jehovah, and drawing us still upward to the infinite heights of glory.”
Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) said by 1879 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ye and I might meet with joy up in the rainbow”
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had but one joy, the apple of the eye of my delights , to preach Christ my Lord”
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter 225 (to his parishioners) Aberdeen 1837
“The bloom fell off my branches and joy did cast off its flower”
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) said by 1661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter 185 (to Marion M' Naught) Aberdeen , 1837
“I think there’s something also quite political about a genderqueer performer expressing joy on stage.”
Hannah Gadsby (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I only wear blue clothes because blue makes me feel calm. I listen to the same music, watch the same shows, and eat the same foods over and over again without any qualms. I find joy in my life where once I couldn’t because I was too busy trying to do the “right” thing instead of checking in with my own needs first.”
Hannah Gadsby (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It'a an immense joy to be here today. I have received from millions of male and female Brazilians the most important mission of my life. This fact, beyond myself, is a demonstration of the democratic development of our country because for the first time a woman will rule Brazil.”
Dilma Rousseff (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mixed feelings when he [Max Ernst frequently writes about himself in the third person] enters the forest for the first time: delight and oppression. And what the Romantics spoke of as 'being at one with Nature'. Wonderful joy in breathing freely in an open space, but also anxiety at being encircled by hostile trees. Outside and inside at the same time, free and trapped.”
Max Ernst (1891–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in 'Room 6, Max Ernst', the exhibition text of FONDATION BEYELER 2 - MAX ERNST, 2013, texts: Raphaël Bouvier & Ioana Jimborean; ed. Valentina Locatelli; transl. Karen Williams
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?”
George Bancroft (1800–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lord Jesus, engrave Thou Thy name with Thine own finger upon my heart, that it may remain closed to worldly joy and worldly pleasure, self-interest, fading honor, and low revenge, and open only to Thee!”
Christian Scriver (1629–1693) said by 1693 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let us never forget that, to be profited, that is, to be spiritually improved in knowledge, faith, holiness, joy, and love, is the end of hearing sermons, and not merely to have our taste gratified by genius, eloquence, and oratory.”
John Angell James (1785–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never did any Soul do good, but it came readier to do the same again, with more Enjoyment. Never was Love, or Gratitude, or Bounty practis'd but with increasing Joy, which made the Practiser still more in love with the fair Act.”
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713) said by 1713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My whole existence has been devoted to science and to teaching, and these two intense passions have brought me very great joy.”
Charles Fabry (1867–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No joy so great but runneth to an end, No hap so hard but may in fine amend.”
Robert Southwell (priest) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Last words: "Peace! Joy!”
Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847) said by 1847 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your joy keeps crashing down repeatedly. It doesn't matter how many times you think 'This is it', it keeps falling down simply because you don't understand the mechanics of it.”
“Ah how much easier to to bear and understand pain than that promise of spring’s frigid and liquid joy. And with such modesty she was awaiting it: the poignancy of goodness.”
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I feel overwhelmed by misfortune, the greatest joy that the Lord can give me is to go to the altar, to put my forehead against it (as on the day of my ordination to the priesthood), and to feel the presence of the only reality. Not only does calm return, but my body seems to be annihilated; the only true life begins, the life of that which is intangible.”
Leonid Feodorov (1879–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.”
T. B. Joshua (1963–2021) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the 2007 Nigerian Elections - "Selfless Service" Modern Ghana (May 28 2009)
“As the days of spring arouse all nature to a green and growing vitality, so when hope enters the soul it makes all things new. It insures the progress which it predicts. Rooted in faith, growing up into love; these make the three immortal graces of the gospel, whose intertwined arms and concurrent voices shed joy and peace over our human life.”
James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stress, loneliness, depression, boredom—the madness of everyday life. Ever-greater levels of sadness, implying a recognition, on the visceral level at least, that things could be different. How much joy is there left in the technological society, this field of alienation and anxiety.”
John Zerzan (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Start a new fashion, wear your heart on your sleeve Sometimes you reach what's real just by making believe Unafraid, unashamed There is joy to be claimed in this world You even might wind up being glad to be you.”
Stephen Schwartz (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My "Poems" were written without a purpose, other than the expression of faiths and ideals strongly realized and emotions keenly felt. They were written for the joy of writing, and for the satisfaction of an irresistible impulse. It is my belief that it is not the business of art either to teach or to preach.”
Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Written at Camp Elsinore, Upper St. Regis Lake, New York, June 24, 1898. From Book News, Aug 1898.
“There is no true poetry that is not dedicated to the soul and to joy.”
Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) said by 1927 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Faith is the bond of union, the instrument of justification, the spring of spiritual peace and joy, the means of spiritual peace and subsistence.”
John Flavel (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowledge is light and it opens with the owner of wide ranging magazines that truly fill those who seek the truth with joy But if we delve deeper it teaches us that we must seek the truth in other sources Finally we find answers to existential questions about the meaning of life and the mystery of death but it is a comfort to all.”
Franco Bassani (1929–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This time the struggle is for our freedom, this time the struggle is for our independence! Joy bangla!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This may be my last message. From today Bangladesh is independent. I call upon the people of Bangladesh wherever you are and with whatever you have, to resist the occupation army. Our fight will go on till the last soldier of the Pakistan Occupation Army is expelled from the soil of independent Bangladesh. Final victory is ours. Joy Bangla!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Declaration of Independence on the night of 26th March, 1971. The declaration was made minutes before his arrest by the Pakistan Army.
“It is said that their souls (animals) are inferior. Yes, but in the end, like us, they feel pain and joy. Their inferiority determines for us the duty of the elder brother, not the right of tyranny and oppression.”
Sadegh Hedayat (1902–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jesus isn't interested in negotiating. He knows that death, the surrendering of our immediate desires, is how we can take hold of an even greater joy.”
Skye Jethani (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter how long our politicians order people to sing songs of praise, no matter how many fireworks they launch into the heavens, and no matter how many foreign leaders they embrace, they cannot arouse a genuine mood of joy and celebration among the people.”
“They tell us it will be about “emotions” and “friendship,” that it will be a night of joy. Who are they kidding?”
“Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.”
“I don’t really care that much about if I want to be more successful or less successful in art, because I never think life and art should be separate. What’s life if you don’t have conversation and joy and anger?”
“Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His Master." There may be weeping that shall endure for a night, but joy shall come in the morning. If the night cometh, so also the morning, "a morning without clouds," the morning of an eternal day.”
Mark Hopkins (educator) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No enumeration of the fruits of the Spirit will be found which excludes peace and joy, much less love; and from these graces, if, indeed, not from the last alone, spring the various fruits which unitedly constitute righteousness.”
William Arthur (minister) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Long live the king,' cry the loving and the loyal, beside themselves with joy. 'Long live the king,' responds the republican hypocrite in dire terror. What does it matter? There is only one cry. And the king is crowned.”
Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821) said by 1821 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Peters Principles: Enthusiasm. Emotion. Excellence. Energy. Excitement. Service. Growth. Creativity. Imagination. Vitality. Joy. Surprise. Independence. Spirit. Community. Limitless human potential. Diversity. Profit. Innovation. Design. Quality. Entrepreneurialism. Wow.”
Tom Peters (born 1942) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: November 21, 2011.
“Have fun/Make it fun. … All human endeavor is about emotion. Zest, joy, pride—and fun—are near the heart of any successful enterprise.”
Tom Peters (born 1942) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: December 23, 2013.
“Patchwork? Ah, no! It was memory, imagination, history, biography, joy, sorrow, philosophy, religion, romance, realism, life, love and death; and over all, like a halo, the love of the artist for his work and the soul's longing for earthly immortality.”
Eliza Calvert Hall (1856–1935) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1907. Aunt Jane's Album p. 82.
“The purpose of life is to struggle as hard as you can for what you believe in and enjoy the struggle. I'm a Dionysian. I believe life is struggle. Even to stand up is a struggle against gravity. I think that the joy of life is in the struggle itself. You've got to find fun in the fight to live.”
George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview on September 28, 1963, with Ralph Ginzburg, published February 1964, "The Man Who Thinks Goldwater Is a Communist". Fact. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 45
“Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it—a desire which is immediate and irresistible. Sacrifice is gladness, service is joy, when such an idea becomes a commanding power.”
Richard Salter Storrs (1821–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fate of… Jewish children has been different from all the children of the world throughout the generations. No more. We will defend our children. If the hand of any two-footed animal is raised against them, that hand will be cut off, and our children will grow up in joy in the homes of their parents.”
Menachem Begin (1913–1992) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Knesset address (June 8, 1982) per 4 October 2004 article "Exposing False Zionist Quotes II" by Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
“The laughter came When the tears stopped falling. Now all I do is just call your name (When I say lover) You walked in and my heart discovered That my life would never be the same. Oh, you are my destiny. You are my one and only. You gave that joy to me When my whole life was lonely.”
Lionel Richie (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let everything you do be done for God, both deeds and words; and refer all that is yours to Christ; and constantly turn your soul to God; and lean your thought on the power of Christ. ... Let Christ be to you continual and unceasing joy.”
Clement of Alexandria (150–215) said by 215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here's what I'm going to have to say to all of you. If some of you have demons in your head who talk to you in profanity or whatever, don't let your demon shoot down your rock music, don't let your demon keep you off the joy bus. So like I say, Rock music pays off.”
Wesley Willis (1963–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source