Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

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Comparison is the thief of joy.

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I have drunken deep of joy And I will taste no other wine tonight.― Percy Bysshe Shelley

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I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.― Anne Frank

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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.― Tagore

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Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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The only joy in the world is to begin. — Cesare Pavese

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No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?

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May we hope that, when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally experienced in the hard, practical work, the difficulties, and the joys of organizing nursing reforms, and who will lead far beyond anything we have done!

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Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.― Rumi

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