Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you
Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about other people. Dwell on things that are interesting. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
I believe the best way to celebrate the holidays is to spread cheer and joy to others.
At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.
It's a very nice thing to be able to give joy to people.
Love is the key. Giving your children joy and happiness...when you give it to them, you will receive it as well.
One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.
Yes, there truly is a joy to giving.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Joy is the true gift of Christmas, and we can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, forgiveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us.
The tithe is God's historical method to get us on the path of giving. In that sense, it can serve as a gateway to the joy of grace giving. It's unhealthy to view tithing as a place to stop, but it can still be a good place to start.
When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.
The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.
One of the things I enjoy most about what I do is I can give my father joy.
It can never be wrong to give pleasure.
Whether I'm writing scripts or prose, the goal is identical. To give pleasure. Now whether I succeed or not is up for debate, and, mostly, I fail. But I try. I like to make things. It's a way to stay busy during one's ephemeral and confusing life.
