Joy Quotes

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

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

Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Enjoy life now. This is not a rehearsal.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Joy is not in things; it is in us

There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.

For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.

Never give anyone the power to take away your joy.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.

Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances.

May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

It is not joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.

He who has not looked on sorrow will never see joy.