Joy Quotes · Page 218

Thinking happy thoughts literally creates a positive chemical change in the brain which stimulates both positive physical and psychological benefits.

— Deepak Chopra

“She laughs. It is the simplest, purest joy on earth, I realise, to make someone you care about laugh.”

— Matt Haig

Joy is all there is. The rest is a preoccupation of the ego, unworthy of your holy mind.

— Doreen Virtue

My family, my friends, and skiing... thats it for me, thats my life. The joy I get from skiing, thats worth dying…

— C. R. Johnson

“Her beauty, her pink cheeks, and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her and to purchase indemnity…

— Charlotte Brontë

I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].

— Bertrand Russell

“There are no faces truer than those that are so washed. How much better is it to weep at joy than to…

— William Shakespeare

Isn't it odd I've made some friends in the Republican Party, but that's in spite of the fact that I cannot agree…

— John Lydon

Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING…

— Nhat Hanh

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from…

— Huston Smith

“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. From a small seed a mighty trunk may…

— Aesha K Shah

Simple, practical, brilliant. What a wonderful world it will be when all families give their children the gifts presented in Dr. Reznick’s…

— Harvey Karp

It makes everything worth it; every weight that you lifted in the offseason, every swing that you took in the cage. When…

— Alex Bregman

If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into…

— C. S. Lewis

“I think there is a place where hopefulness and hopelessness co-exist, one of my beloved contradictory co-existing realities (what others call a paradox,…

— Shellen Lubin

“Joy,” as the Archbishop said during the week, “is much bigger than happiness. While happiness is often seen as being dependent on…

— Douglas Abrams

“This way will not pass again, and so there is a duty to be mindful of that which delights and keeps joy…

— Gregory Boyle

Dance in the rain, sing when you are sad. And know that if there was no sorrow, there could be no joy.

— Anonymous

Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely…

— Richard Branson

Whoever increases the sum of human joy, is a worshiper. He who adds to the sum of human misery, is a blasphemer.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.

— William Congreve

There is the joy of being healthy and fair, but there is overall the beauty, the immense joy of being useful.

— Gabriela Mistral

All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them; but there is no happy or favorable time for those with…

— Rosalia de Castro

“Dr. Suess said: 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened..' I tell my dates: 'Don't cry because it happened, smile…

— josh stern

There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human…

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when…

— Alice Hegan Rice

In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.

— Max De Pree

To me, art is not a solitary delight. It is a means of stirring the greatest number of men by providing them…

— Albert Camus

“There is only one thing children find harder to hold back than tears, and that is joy.”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

I'm just tired of everything…even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes…echoes of lost hopes and dreams and…

— Anonymous

How did I come to be an artist ? Endless curiosity, observation, research - and a great amount of joy in the thing

— George Grosz

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

— Miranda Hart

I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any…

— David Starkey

During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins…

— Paulo Coelho

We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean.

— William Cowper

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in…

— Bob Shacochis

Those who don't know the mistakes of the past won't be able to enjoy it when they make them again in the…

— Diane Duane

“The definition of a professional is one who does a job well even when they don't like it.”

— Alan Sheinwald

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.

— Rasheed Ogunlaru