163 quotes
“Family life is too important to be taken seriously all the time. It must also have joy and laughter.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“The body heals with play the mind heals with laughter and the spirit heals with joy”
— Deepak Chopra
“Friendship doubles joys and halves griefs”
— Francis Bacon
“Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'”
— Robin Williams
“To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become in a special way the servant of the others.”
— Thomas Moore
“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.”
— George Elliston
“Joy in looking and comprehending is natures most beautiful gift.”
— Konrad Lorenz
“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold service was joy.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.”
— Ram Dass
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life”
— Confucius
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
— John Keats
“A joy that is shared is a joy made double.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The root of joy is gratefulness. It is not joy that makes us grateful it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
— David Steindl-Rast
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
— Anne Frank
“Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with grateful hand, nor postpone your joys from year to year.”
— Horace
“If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; if well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The standard of success in life is not the things it is not the money or the stuff it is absolutely the amount of joy you feel”
— Esther Hicks
“Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
— Brene Brown
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy I awoke and saw that life was service I acted and behold service was joy”
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Joy and sorrow are inseparable. Together they come and when one sits alone with you, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
— King Solomon
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
— Albert Einstein
“The standard of success in life is not the things. It is not the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy you feel.”
— Abraham Hicks
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
— Eleonora Duse
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”
— Oscar Wilde
“The earth laughs in flowers”
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”
“Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.”
“You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”
“The basis of your life is absolute freedom. The objective is joy and the result is expansion.”
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
— Henry Miller
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”
— Marianne Williamson
“Discovering more joy does not save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too.”
— Desmond Tutu
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked the deeper your sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain”
— Khalil Gibran
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor”
— Charles Dickens
“No matter what nobody can take away the dances you have already had”
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.”
— Wendell Berry
“All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.”
— Marie Curie
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”
— Richard Wagner
“Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!”
— Ludwig van Beethoven
“Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain and wonder fills the space between”
“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”
— Jean Shinoda Bolen
“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
— Thomas Aquinas
“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”
— Plato
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
“You have as much laughter as you have faith.”
— Martin Luther
“All the joy the world contains comes through wishing happiness for others with compassion”
— Shantideva
“Colors are the smiles of nature.”
— Leigh Hunt
“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.”
— Washington Irving
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness if you are attentive”
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
“The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.”
— Plutarch
“Find a place inside where there is joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
— Joseph Campbell
“The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.”
“Life is meant to be fun and joyous and fulfilling. Creative work is how we make it so.”
— Jim Henson
— Emerson
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
— Solomon
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever”
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
“The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
“If I cant dance, I dont want to be part of your revolution.”
— Emma Goldman
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.”
— Rumi
“Life is meant to be fun and joyful and fulfilling”
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
— Karl Barth
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.”
— James Allen
“The root of joy is gratefulness it is not joy that makes us grateful it is gratitude that makes us joyful”
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
— Hada Bejar
“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
“The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy not when you are seeking it”
— Sadhguru
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.”
— Frida Kahlo
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
“The best way to show my gratitude to God is to accept everything even my problems with joy.”
— Mother Teresa
“The standard of success in life is not the things. It is not the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel.”
“A day without laughter is a day wasted in creative spirit”
— Charlie Chaplin
“A little magic can take you a long way in family life.”
— Roald Dahl
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.”
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain”
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being in family the more joy you can contain.”
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked and faith teaches us to see the joy hidden within every sorrow”
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.”
— Ellen Burstyn
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
“I am satisfied. I see dance and laugh and sing.”
— Walt Whitman
“The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain and faith holds the space between”
“The only joy in the world is to begin.”
— Cesare Pavese
“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
— Baltasar Gracián
“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”
— Gautama Buddha
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy I awoke and saw that life was service I acted and behold service was joy and kindness was its name”
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive you will see it.”
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God and faith is the perception that recognizes that joy”
“Gratitude is riches and complaint is poverty. It is the quickest path to joy.”
— Doris Day
“We need more kindness more compassion more joy more laughter in the world”
— Sheryl Sandberg
“Joy does not simply happen to us we have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day through faith”
— Henri Nouwen
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile and sometimes your compassion is the source of your joy”
“The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything”
— Julian of Norwich
“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love.”
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy”
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness and if you are attentive you will see it and wonder will arise”
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts and spread kindness where you go”
“Family friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.”
“One joy scatters a hundred griefs.”
— Chinese Proverb
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding and wonder is the joy of not yet understanding”
— Omar Khayyam
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
— John Burroughs
“I want to make things that are fun to look at”
— Alexander Calder
“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery.”
— Maxim Gorky
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy and kindness”
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
— David Viscott
“Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.”
— Shawn Achor
“The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy.”
— Unknown
“The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.”
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy then I awoke and saw that life was service through compassion”
“You are joy looking for a way to express.”
“Between your birth and your death, wander through this world in wonder.”
“Lovers alone wear sunlight.”
— E.E. Cummings
“Let your joy be in your journey not in some distant goal”
— Tim Cook
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
— King David
“Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.”
“All our sweetest hours fly fastest.”
— Virgil
“It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.”
— Buddha
“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”
— Alfred Mercier
“Even in the midst of a very difficult time we can find moments of joy through the practice of faith”
— Jack Kornfield
“A day without laughter is a day wasted”
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live”
— Bertrand Russell
“One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.”
“Joy comes to us in moments. We must not be afraid to live in these moments.”
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