Joy Quotes

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace – a connection to what matters.

Oprah Winfrey

The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys.

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.

Mother Teresa

The soul’s joy lies in doing.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

Mark Twain

You need to sow seeds of thought if you want to reap joy.

Bill Powell

Joy must be developed from the inside. If we cannot find happiness within ourselves we will not be able to find happiness anywhere.

Allan Lokos

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Emily Dickinson

Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.

Norman Vincent Peale

There are only two joys – One is having God answer all your prayers, the other is not receiving the answer to all your prayers.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Joy is not the absence of difficulties, but the presence of God.

Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

Pierre de Chardin

Comparison is the death of joy.

Mark Twain

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

Oscar Wilde

Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.

Roy T Bennett

Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open.

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind them when they go.

Frederick William Faber

The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment.

Elisabeth Elliot

Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

Ann Voskamp

Optimists find joy in small things. They are more concerned with having many small joys rather than having one huge joy.

Robert M Sherfield

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.

Mahatma Gandhi

Let your joy be in your journey - not in some distant goal.

Tim Cook

The joy that isn’t shared dies young.

Anne Sexton

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Nhat Hanh

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy.

Goldie Hawn

Cheer up, keep your spirits high, things are bound to get better!

Anne Frank

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Khalil Gibran

Jesus Others Yourself

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… It’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.

Chuck Palahniuk

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

Mark Twain

Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it’s meant to take you.

Jonathan Groff

Joy is increased by spreading it to others.

Robert Murray McCheyne

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.

Helen Keller

It's more blessed to give than to receive is not some moral nostrum ... but a prescription for authentic joy.

Marc Ian Barasch

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Joseph Campbell

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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

Carlos Santana

Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life; mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow - that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.

Confucius

Prayer changes us in ways that we never thought would be possible. When we are unhappy, prayer can lift our hearts and fill it with unspeakable joy.

Julia Bristol

Perhaps most important, being in a state of joy is a learned skill, not an innate ability.

Donald Altman

When the Christian praises and gives thanks to God, this not only pleases God, but it enriches the Christian's life with joy.

Rick Warren

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

C S Lewis

Find joy in the journey.

To be joyful is a principle. It doesn’t change with emotions. Joy is an inner contentment despite all the circumstances.

Richard Daly

Live for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God's love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.

Barbara Johnson

Joy can be real only if people look upon their lives as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Tolstoy

If you’re not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

Penny Marshall

Joy is a choice based on being content regardless of circumstances. Understanding what encourages joy in your life can help you cultivate it and build up your resources for when circumstances are difficult.

M Ahlers

Find joy in the ordinary.

The reality is that this is how you know if you're getting closer to God: more kindness, more gentleness, more joy, more peace, more patience.

Matt Brown

Flowers bring joy where there is sadness, whether in an abundant floral arch or a few stems in a cone of paper. They also smell nice.

Harriet de Winton

We all have battles to fight. And it's often in those battles that we are most alive: it's on the frontlines of our lives that we earn wisdom, create joy, forge friendships, discover happiness, find love, and do purposeful work.

Eric Greitens

Truly living means your days are filled with joy and thanksgiving for the very fact that you are alive. As opposed to constantly going after the next best thing you are going after a new goal to achieve.

Sandra Leon

There is more joy to be found in owning less than can ever be found in pursuing more. In a world that constantly tells us to buy more and more, we often lose sight of that.

Joshua Becker

If you are confident that something brings you joy, keep it, regardless of what anyone else might say. Even if it isn't perfect, no matter how mundane it might be, when you use it with care and respect, you transform it into something priceless.

Marie Kondo

Joy in God is available at all times, in any situation.

Wayne Davies