Being Quote by Michael Steinhardt

I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited.

— Lord Byron

“In fact, in what’s known as “rosy prospection,” anticipation of happiness is sometimes greater than the happiness actually experienced.”

— Gretchen Rubin

People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and…

— Sonja Lyubomirsky

Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.

— J. I. Packer

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.

— Anonymous

Joy bursts in our lives when we go about doing the good at hand and not trying to manipulate things and times to achieve…

— C. S. Lewis

Joy is realized as the natural by-product of the passionate pursuit of something other than happiness.

— Marc Gafni

“Sympathetic joy is a practice. It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that most of us have learned along…

— Sharon Salzberg

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of…

— Norman Vincent Peale

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances.…

— Billy Graham

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

— Charles Du Bos

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness…

— William Dean Howells