Joy Quotes

7182 quotes by 3368 authors

The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums… — Aberjhani
The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all,… — Rory McIlroy
Seek something outside your nine-to-five job as an additional source of fulfillment and as a way to feel the joy of helping others. — Harold S. Kushner
Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a mile of joy on someone's face. — Dale Carnegie
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence.… — Horace Mann
Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return. — John Wooden
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are… — Roland Barthes
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's… — Lucretius
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the… — Thomas Traherne
Joys divided are increased. — J. G. Holland
Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters. — Robert Browning
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. — Henry Fielding
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of… — Confucius
The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die. — George Bernard Shaw
What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away? — Logan Pearsall Smith
Find your bliss and your joy, know that you are a white light disco ball with no ceilings and no limitations. — Kris Carr
Joy is not in things; it is in us. — Richard Wagner
Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith, and trust. Those… — Martin Seligman
Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion. — George MacDonald
I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get… — Jerry Lewis

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