Joyfulness

Biblical Definition

“being content regardless of circumstances, realizing God has already provided for my present happiness”

Bible Verse

“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!”

Psalms 100:1-2

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author

“The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith. ”

James M. Barrie

Scottish novelist

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

Lois Lowry

Writer

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. ”

Douglas William Jerrold

Dramatist

“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.”