Christmas Joy

Stress makes you stupid. - Unknown

Joy is not in things, it is in us. - Benjamin Franklin

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. - John Keats

Joy is the serious business of Heaven. - C S Lewis

One filled with joy preaches without preaching. - Mother Teresa

Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic. - Rosalind Russell

Joy is one of the only emotions you can't contrive. - Bono

Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. - Robert Englund

The greatest joy lies not in simply being, but in becoming. - Oprah Winfrey

You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail. - Buffy Sainte-Marie

I'm walking backwards for Christmas Across the Irish Sea. - Spike Milligan

Surely there can be no greater joy than that of saving souls. - Lottie Moon

Each breath in itself is joy if only we try to find bliss in it. - Unknown

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. - Richard Carlson

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too. - Guy Fieri

Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased - thus do we refute entropy. - Spider Robinson

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. - Kin Hubbard

Mail your packages early, so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas. - Johnny Carson

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We have within us an extraordinary capacity for love, joy, and unshakable freedom. - Jack Kornfield

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James

Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. - Bart Simpson

True and solemn meaning of Christmas, which is a time for peace and quiet contemptation. - Archie Bunker

If 'ifs and buts' were 'candy and nuts', we'd have Christmas every day. - Unknown

In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca

You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef. - Nobu Matsuhisa

I still have my Christmas Tree. I looked at it today. Sure enough, I couldn't see any forests. - Steven Wright

No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas. - Robert Kirby

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shovelling the walk before it stops snowing. - Phyllis Diller

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy. - Bhagavad Gita

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. - Ed Sullivan

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. - Garrison Keillor

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. - Bertrand Russell

Only in peace do we have joy. Not by acquiring things, not by doing things, not by earning or learning, but by dedication. - Swami Satchidananda

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. - Kahlil Gibran

The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport. - Kelly Slater

The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward. - Daniel H. Pink

If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says, 'keep away from children.' - Susan Savannah