Quotes about "Happiness & Joy"

I guess it is ironical that I have a chance to say to Jesse Jackson, 'You need to be mature. You need to be positive. You need to be bigger than the folks who are trying to tear you down.' ”

Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor. ”

I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator. ”

I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy. ”

As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace. ”

Consider all of the possibilities for positive global progress if we utilized nonviolence as the central value of our culture, encompassing our law enforcement and labor practices, which currently include people in numerous nations working for inhumane wages in unhealthy conditions. ”

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. ”

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. ”

Joy Division finished the 1970s on a high. Our debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' was doing well; we'd just finished a hugely enjoyable and successful tour. The band's profile was higher than it had ever been, and it seemed to be growing by the day. ”

I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs. ”