Joy Quotes

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.

Hell is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What You Are, and failing to experience that. It is being less.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.

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

Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.

Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.

One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.

Life isn't all haha hehe.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.

About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy).

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

There is a purpose in life--to raise men nearer to the likeness of God. Whoever seeks that ideal, daily, finds joy; and in no other way can true joy be found.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.

When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn't necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you'll be able to bear it.

I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence.

Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.

You don't ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what you mean. You enjoy it.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years.

Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.

It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr of charity.

A life of intimacy with God is characterized by joy.

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

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

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

I walk the world in wonder.

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between.

time is a terrible thing because it erases joys and pains at the same time.

Your natural inclination is to preach and to warn other travellers of snags in the path, but isn't it better to signal to them some of the joys by the way which they might otherwise miss?

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

There is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river.

Happiness always has an object... Depends on external things. Joy... Has no object. It seizes you for no apparent reason, it's like the sun, its burning is fueled by its own heart.

Movement should be approached like life - with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude - for movement is life, and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it.