Wonderful Quotes on Joy!

61 outstanding quotations on joy for you!

Quotes on Joy: Action

- In the joy of the actors lies the sense of any action.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish novelist, poet

- Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.
Phil Jackson (born 1945) U.S. professional basketball coach, former player

Quotes on Joy: Environment

- May your walls know joy. May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.
Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey, contemporary U.S. writer, artist

- The experience of simple abundance comes to life when you have the space, both internal and external to experience true joy.
Sarah Ban Breathnach, contemporary U.S. author

- Strike the keynote of your joy, and you will create the optimal environment for your friends, family, clients, and even people you casually meet to do the same.
Alan Cohen (born 1950s) U.S. personal development/success teacher, author

Quotes on Joy: Individuality

- Never allow the judgements of others to override your joy in being and expressing who you are.
Alan Cohen (born 1950s) U.S. personal development/success teacher, author

Quotes on Joy!

- Joy is not in things; it is in us.
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German composer, conductor, theatre director, essayist

- To miss the joy is to miss all.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish novelist, poet

- Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
Sarah Ban Breathnach, contemporary U.S. author

- True joy is that which gives us more energy and makes us feel more alive.
Robert Puryear (details unknown)

- Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Jean Paul F. Richter (1763-1825) German author

- One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.
Robert Lynd (1879-1949) Irish writer

- We should strive to develop a state of life where we feel a sense of joy no matter what happens.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

- I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace—a connection to what matters.
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954) African-American media mogul, TV talk-show host

- When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.
Maya Angelou (born 1928) African-American autobiographer, poet

- Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh (born 1926) Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar

- Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are. Joy is not necessarily what happens when things unfold according to our plans.
Marianne Williamson (born 1952) U.S. spiritual activist, author, lecturer

Quotes on Joy in Life

- Remember to light the candle of joy daily and all the gloom will disappear from your life.
Djwhal Khul, 19th-century Tibetan spiritual teacher, leader

- The joy of life is to be found not by evading life’s sufferings but by grappling with them to the finish.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

- The most important purpose that political institutions can achieve is to keep alive in individuals creativeness, vigour, vitality and the joy of life.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) Anglo-Welsh philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist

- The greatest gift you can give yourself is joy, not only because of the feeling that goes with it at the moment, but because of the magnificent experience it will draw to you. It will produce wonders in your life.
Jack Boland (deceased) U.S. Christian minister, spiritual teacher

Quotes on Joy: Mind

- When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Gautama Buddha (c.566 BCE-c.486 BCE) Indian founder of Buddhism

- The artesian well of joy never runs dry. We clog it with our thoughts.
Don Blanding (1894-1957) U.S. poet, journalist, author, speaker

- During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights that give so much joy and delight.
Fritjof Capra (born 1939) Austrian-born U.S. physicist, systems theorist, author

Quotes on Joy: Pleasure

- Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
Euripides (480 BCE-406 BCE) Greek dramatist

- I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born U.K. novelist, academic, literary critic, essayist

- Spending our time doing what we please may bring momentary pleasure, but it will not bring us true and lasting joy.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

- I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
Lawana Blackwell, contemporary U.S. author

Quotes on Joy: Purpose

- Keep joy first and money second.
Alan Cohen (born 1950s) U.S. personal development/success teacher, author

- An authentic career is founded in joy.
Alan Cohen (born 1950s) U.S. personal development/success teacher, author

- Be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf.
Alan Cohen (born 1950s) U.S. personal development/success teacher, author

- Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) U.S. author, political activist, lecturer

- There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.
Sister Mary Rose McGeady (born 1928) U.S. Catholic nun, social activist

- Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865-1940) English medical missionary in Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada

- What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth.
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954) African-American media mogul, TV talk-show host

- This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright

Quotes on Shared Joy

- Release the joy that is inside of another, and you release the joy that is inside of you.
Neal Donald Walsch (born 1943) U.S. spiritual author

- 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 (1835-1910) U.S. author, humorist

- There are souls in this world that have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) English Christian hymnist, theologian

- One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) U.S. science-fiction writer

- Joy is not simply your personal, egoistic happiness. Nor is it making others happy at the expense of your own happiness.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German author, poet, dramatist, philosopher, humanist

- Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) U.S. minister, inspirational author

Quotes on Joy: Sorrow

- The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Lebanese-American artist, poet, author

- The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.
Jim Rohn (1930-2009) U.S. entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker

- It is those who know the bitterness of winter who can savour the true joy of spring.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator, pacifist

- When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Lebanese-American artist, poet, author

Quotes on Joy: Spirituality

- Joy, beautiful spark of gods.
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, playwright

- The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.
Ninon de l’Enclos (1620-1705) French author, courtesan patron of the arts

- If you are not living in Joy, you are out of integrity with your Soul.
Michael Beckwith, contemporary African-American spiritual teacher, author

- Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.
Rebbe Nachman (1772-1810) Ukrainian Hasidic Jewish teacher, spiritual leader

- Joy is a great purifier. It burns away many polluted currents trying to reach us.
Torkom Saraydarian (1917-1997) Turkish-born Armenian spiritual teacher, author

- Joy is the flag you fly when the Prince of Peace is in residence within your heart.
Wilfred Peterson (1900-1995) U.S. author, essayist

- Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.
Upanishads (ancient Hindu scriptures)

- Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.
Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Macedonian-born Christian missionary

- A deep sense of joy is something which can only exist in the innermost reaches of our life, and which cannot be destroyed by any external forces.
Daisaku Ikeda (born 1928) Japanese philosopher, Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator

Quotes on Joy: Universe

- Joy is called the strong motivation in eternal nature.
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, playwright

- Joy moves the wheels in the universal time machine.
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, playwright

This is pretty amazing. Beethoven and Schiller’s Ode to Joy, played on… glasses of water?!

Quotes on Joy: Wisdom

- When we are centred in joy, we attain our wisdom.
Marianne Williamson (born 1952) U.S. spiritual activist, author, lecturer

- Joy means that both oneself and others have wisdom and compassion.
Nichiren Daishonin (1222-1282) Japanese Buddhist priest, scholar, reformer of Buddhism

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