Joyous Quotes

273 Joyous quotes by 220 unique authors

She wrote, I wish I could be a girl again, with a chance to live my life again. I have suffered so much more than… — Jonathan Safran Foer
A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect… — Anna Godbersen
He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous — Sherman Alexie
It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor,… — Pat Conroy
Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human… — John Gresham Machen
The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace-- — Oliver Sacks
In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you… — Galileo Galilei
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
She was brilliant and joyous and she believed- probably correctly- that libraries contain the answers to all things, to everything, and that if you can't… — Gary Paulsen
Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling. — Jim Henson
The opposite of fear is love - love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our… — Steven Pressfield
Sounds of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain awaken'd flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Will only looked at her. There had been light in his eyes on the stairs, as he'd locked the door, when he'd kissed her--a brilliant,… — Cassandra Clare
Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and… — Piers Anthony
Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Why do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to… — Pat Conroy
Itâ€™s the most maddening, beautiful, magical, horrible, painful, wonderful joyous thing in the world, love — Taylor Swift
Any action a woman engages in from a spirit of joy, and within a similarly safe and joyous environment, falls within the city-walls of feminism.… — Caitlin Moran
then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long time. It was… — Melina Marchetta
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative--which ever is running at the moment dominates… — Sylvia Plath

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