Joy Quotes

Without dark clouds in our lives, we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

Dream big; at least you will have the joy of reaching for the stars instead of living in a box filled with unopened gifts.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.

I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin.

Part of the power of song is that it is a beautiful expression of devotion...singing releases the pent-up joy and thanksgiving we feel because of God's grace and goodness.

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?

To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

Social grace, inner discipline and joy. These are the birthright of the human being who has been allowed to develop essential human qualities.

The essence of love is that what is ours should belong to someone else. Feeling the joy of someone else as joy within ourselves-that is loving.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.

When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings that God wants to give them through you.

Don’t allow negative people to steal your joy. When you lose your joy, you lose your strength.

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.

Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.

Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes.

You are purer than the pure. Never manifold, you are individual Consciousness. Unborn, unchanging, all-pervasive You are a mountain of joy.

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it.

This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.

Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.

Thanks be to God, not--only for 'rivers of endless joys above, but for 'rills of comfort here below.'

For me it’s always just been about experiencing the things I love and documenting them. I have gotten a lot of joy out of what I do, and I feel lucky to be able to spread that joy.

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

God's peace is joy resting. His joy is peace dancing.

Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey.

If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.

We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.

The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.

Friendship, love, health, energy, enthusiasm, and joy are the things that make life worth living and exploring.

How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness.

A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.

Joy is more infectious than leprosy.

See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values.

Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.