#joy

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#anything #being #being yourself #get #into

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father. ↗

— John Ortberg Jr.

#god #jesus #joy #prayer #presence

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be. ↗

— Charles Reade

#dark #expect #fancy #joys #nor

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#come #easy #effort #joy #premium

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

#enjoy #everywhere #know #ordeal #people

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#enough #had #had enough #life #their

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy. ↗

— Georges Rouault

#causes #conscience #disease #endless #fills

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art. ↗

— Bliss Carman

#i #i can #joy #longer #me

I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine. ↗

— David Sedaris

#enjoy #i #just #lying #magazine

From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself. ↗

— Patrick Campbell

#days #earliest #enjoyed #i #impediment