Joy Quotes

Take hold of your own life.
See that the whole existence is celebrating.
These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious.
The rivers and the oceans are wild,
and everywhere there is fun,
everywhere there is joy and delight.
Watch existence,
listen to the existence and become part of it.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

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

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

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

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

Should I tell her of the moments of joy, the intense pleasure of holding the hand of the one you love and wishing that time would stand still?

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

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

He who binds to himself a joy,
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies,
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

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

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

When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy.