Joy Quotes

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. — Neil Armstrong
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they… — Margaret Atwood
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being… — Kevyn Aucoin
Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or… — Kevyn Aucoin
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make… — Wystan Hugh Auden
In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
To live happily is an inward power of the soul. — Marcus Aurelius
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen. — Morena Baccarin
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. — Richard Bach
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. — Francis Bacon
The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.' — Harvey Ball
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… — Lucille Ball
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. — Hosea Ballou
A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and… — Honore de Balzac
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every… — Honore de Balzac

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