"Joy is of the will which labours, which……" — William Butler Yeats
"Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph."
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370 Quotes by William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats has 370 quotes on this site.
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Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
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Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead . . . That we descant…
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All that we did, all that we said or sang must come from contact with the soil.
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And God, the herdsman, goads them on behind.
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And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
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Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he…
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If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree.
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It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion…
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Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and…
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The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise,…
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Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams
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No man has ever lived that had enough of children's gratitude or woman's love.
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More Joy Quotes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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What we play is life.
— Louis Armstrong
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Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
— Neil Armstrong
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I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their…
— Margaret Atwood
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Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're…
— Margaret Atwood
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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
— Saint Augustine
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To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
— Marcus Aurelius
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When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in…
— Teresa of Avila
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