Being joyful is about staying positive when everything…

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

— Charles Lamb

Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness.

— Joel Osteen

I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to year. I…

— Ray Bradbury

Mine is a quiet exploration—a quest for new meanings in color, texture and design. Even though I sometimes portray scenes of poor and struggling…

— Lois Mailou Jones

You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever he grieves.

— Maximus the Confessor

“A life of adventure is ours for the taking, whether we're seven or seventy. Life for the most part is what me make it.…

— Luci Swindoll

Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

— Pope Francis

One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

— Eugene O'Neill

Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.

— Ann Voskamp

Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Being joyful is a choice.

— Jonathan Jackson

Wherever I am, there is joy and laughter!

— Louise Hay

If you shift from compulsiveness to consciousness, being joyful will not be an effort.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

— Julie Isphording

Happiness and joy are not the same. For what does the fervent craving for joy mean? It does not mean that we wish at…

— Josef Pieper