{"quotes":[{"text":"First, the explosion of life. Then came the celebration. Such as it had been for generations and generations, as long as the eldest of the eldest could remember; as long as the record books had kept steady score. By the time the first buds were edging their green shoots from the dirt, the parade grounds had been cleared and the maypole had been pulled from its exile in the basement of the Mansion. The board had met and the Queen decided; all that was left was the wait. The wait for May.","author":"Colin Meloy","tags":["celebration","nature","rejoice","waiting"],"id":15795,"author_id":"Colin+Meloy"},{"text":"Work and happiness are like mother and daughter; work brings forth happiness, but hard work brings forth great happiness!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["daughter","enjoy","enjoy-life","food-for-thought","great","greater","happiness","happy","hard-work","israelmore-ayivor","joy","joyful","life","live-for-work","live-to-work","mother","mother-and-daughter","rejoice","work","work-and-happiness","work-brings-forth-happiness","work-hard","work-to-live","working"],"id":25933,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Embrace today! Embrace the new day! Yesterday is gone forever. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. All we have is now and a great day to look forward to. Today is the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it!","author":"DeWayne Owens","tags":["inspirational-life","inspirational","life","life-lessons","life","motivational","motivational-inspirational","motivational","rejoice","rejoicing","spiritual","spirituality","success","success","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":43099,"author_id":"DeWayne+Owens"},{"text":"We can't help but rejoice despite the circumstance.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["circumstances","circumstances-and-attitude","courage","determination","determined-spirit","grateful-outlook","grateful-soul","gratefulness","gratitude","happiness","happyquotes","inspirational","joy-of-life","joyful-living","joyful-living","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-obstacles","perseverance","persistence","positive-thinking","rejoice","rejoicing","thankful-heart","thankful","thanksgiving","thoughts-of-the-mind","wise","wise-words"],"id":99243,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Before you make a decision, ask yourself this question: will it result in regret or joy in the future?","author":"Rob Liano","tags":["accountability","decisions","future-plans","inspiration","personal-development","regret","rejoice","results"],"id":105144,"author_id":"Rob+Liano"},{"text":"I shouldn’t complain about God’s mercy to others while thanking Him for His mercy to me. I shouldn’t commit the sin of pride by justifying my rebellion or my running from God compared to other people’s sin. Who am I to be angry at what the angels in Heaven rejoice in?","author":"Teresa Schultz","tags":["angels","angry","god","mercy","pride","rebellion","rejoice","running","sin","thankful"],"id":108678,"author_id":"Teresa+Schultz"},{"text":"Rejoice with glitters of ashes tonightSparkling for moon's spiced silver biteUpon skin of darkness, loving night moreStorm begins unlocking cold wind's door.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["ash","ashes","bite","bites","cold","dark","darkness","darkness-and-light","door","glitter","glittering","loving","moon","moon-magic","moonlight","night","night-sky","nights","poem","poems","poetry","poetry","rejoice","silver","skin","sparkle","sparkling","sparkling-darkness","spice","storm","storms","tonight","unlock","unlocked","wind"],"id":122056,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"Many people, who should have been rejoicing for what they've achieved, are rather regretting just because of one reason; they looked at what someone else was doing. Comparison eliminates contentment and then kills inner joy!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["achieve","achievements","achievers","be-yourself","compare","comparison","contentment","eliminate","elimination","envious","enviousness","envy","food-for-thought","inner-joy","israelmore-ayivor","jealous","jealousy","joy","reason","regret","regretting","rejoice"],"id":124093,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"If hard work is the source of happiness, then we can conclude that the main job of procrastination is to delay that happiness for excuses to kill.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["conclude","conclusion","delay","do-it-now","don-t-delay","don-t-give-excuses","excuse","food-for-thought","give-excuses","happier","happiness","happy","hard-work","israelmore-ayivor","job","joy","joyful","kill","postpone","procrastinate","procrastination","rejoice","source","source-of-happiness","tomorrow"],"id":130023,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Anyone who wants to prevent you from making other people happy is an enemy. If you are stopping yourself from making others happy, you are your own enemy.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["enemy","food-for-thought","glad","happiness","happy","israelmore-ayivor","joy","leaders","leadership","martin-luther","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","rejoice"],"id":140427,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":58,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}