4,580 Quotes About Joy

Friendship is thinking of the other person first.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.

And for a moment―for a split second―everything else falls away, the whole pattern and order of my life, and a huge joy crests in my chest. I am no one, and I owe nothing to anybody, and my life is my own.

Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his throne might envy. Man is the creator of his own happiness. It is the aroma of life, lived in harmony with high ideals. For what a man has he may be dependent upon others; what he is rests with him alone.

I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond; and I wanted to bring gifts to the envious and tell them that I am worthless.

Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life. It Really Is.

I am overflowing with love, peace, joy, happiness and abundance.” Let this be your morning prayer.

People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy.

There's light and joy, but there's also darkness all around and we can be lost in it.