Quotes about Joy Happiness

Life is a " vale of tears" a period of trial and suffering, an unpleasant but necessary preparation for the afterlife where alone man could expect to enjoy happiness - Archibald T. MacAllister (The Inferno; Dante Alighieri translated by John Ciardi)" Votes: 3

Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth. Votes: 2

My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother. Votes: 2

I truly am living out what true joy and happiness means. Votes: 2

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Votes: 2

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy. Votes: 2

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness. Votes: 2

Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy. Votes: 2

Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles. Votes: 2

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. Votes: 2

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. Votes: 2

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Votes: 2

I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people. Votes: 2

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Votes: 2

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. Votes: 2

Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy. Votes: 2

It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them. Votes: 2

For me, music is my joy. It's my happiness. As long as this medicine, this chemo is in my body, I didn't have my love, my joy. Votes: 2

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. Votes: 2

Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content. Votes: 2

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. Votes: 1

Happiness is immeasurable joy. Votes: 0

Feel the joy .. feel the happiness. Votes: 0

It is Love that gives joy to happiness. Votes: 0

Joy weathers any storm: Happiness rides the waves. Votes: 0

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Votes: 0

Make joy and happiness the center of your world. Votes: 0

If you walk in joy, happiness is close behind. Votes: 0

May God give you inner peace, joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Well why not a technology of joy, of happiness? Votes: 0

Happiness is a solid and joy is a liquid. Votes: 0

Joy is not like happiness, unhappiness. It is singular. Votes: 0

Sadness is pervasive, so focus on joy, focus on happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential. Votes: 0

Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal. Votes: 0

Seeking the kingdom of God leads to joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Love is the light through which we find joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling Votes: 0

No happiness equals the joy of finding a heart that understands. Votes: 0

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible. Votes: 0

No one can steal your love, joy, and happiness without your permission. Votes: 0

The positive vibrations of unregulated joy, peace, happiness and tranquility is freedom. Votes: 0

Accept your life with love; life will bloom with joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness, laughter and joy abound, when friends, family, and lovers are around. Votes: 0

Give joy, smiles, happiness, goodness and kindness to every person you meet. Votes: 0

Joy is spiritual and far grittier than happiness, and far more robust. Votes: 0

Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty. Votes: 0

Service is joy, Service is the kindnessService is love, Service is the happiness Votes: 0

In joy, in peace, in that soothing inner state, you will find happiness. Votes: 0

Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens. Votes: 0

All who joy would winMust share it -- Happiness was born a twin. Votes: 0

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance. Votes: 0

Be kind like a flower to fill the world with beauty, joy and happiness. Votes: 0

To be able to share in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness. Votes: 0

A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy. Votes: 0

Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods. Votes: 0

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others. Votes: 0

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. Votes: 0

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. Votes: 0

A loving heart is the source of all happiness, all joy and all bliss. Votes: 0

The way we define happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential Votes: 0

Life is a time bound journey to experience the excitement of love, joy, and happiness. Votes: 0

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love Votes: 0

Commit to excellence, whatever you do. It will bring joy, happiness, and success for you. Votes: 0

The "supreme good" and its attainment -- that is happiness. And joy is: response to happiness. Votes: 0

Joy is realized as the natural by-product of the passionate pursuit of something other than happiness. Votes: 0

Not only does love bring joy and happiness, it also means very different things to people. Votes: 0

Positive thoughts: joy, happiness, fulfillment, achievement, worthiness, have positive results: enthusiasm, calm, well-being, ease, energy, love.... Votes: 0

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things. Votes: 0

Let us play the flute of love to spread the music of peace, joy and happiness. Votes: 0

We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything. Votes: 0

Happiness is like rising bubbles -- delightful and inevitably fleeting. Joy is the oxygen -- ever present. Votes: 0

If love and kindness is life's investment, then joy and happiness will be life's profit and dividend. Votes: 0

There is one experience that brings joy or happiness to every living being. The experience of love. Votes: 0

Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy. Votes: 0

To design a home is to design happiness, to create for ourselves a little piece of joy. Votes: 0

The truth is there is more than enough love, creative ideas, power, joy, happiness to go around. Votes: 0

From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. Votes: 0

Be a role model of happiness and joy, which will pull everyone - including yourself - upward. Votes: 0

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21) Votes: 0

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for. Votes: 0

Happiness is there when you express kindness, compassion, and unconditional love and fill yourself with bliss and joy. Votes: 0

Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness. Votes: 0

Choosing love will bring you great joy and great happiness - that happiness is a choice you make. Votes: 0

Cultivate blessing. Bless yourself. Bless the whole world. Let it be full with love, peace, joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Agency used righteously allows light to dispel the darkness and enables us to live with joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Let the light of your love enlighten the whole world and fill it with joy, happiness, and peace. Votes: 0

The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns. Votes: 0

A little caring, a little love, and a little kindness can give you joy and bring enduring happiness. Votes: 0

You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation. Votes: 0

How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness. Votes: 0

You stop worrying about things, just go with the ones you like, and there you'll find happiness and joy. Votes: 0

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul. Votes: 0

Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation. Votes: 0

The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now. Votes: 0

Encourage your trillions of faithful little cells through joy, happiness and confidence. Thank them, talk to them, sing to them. Votes: 0

Come walk the path that leads to eternal happiness, joy, and everlasting life in the kingdom of our Heavenly Father. Votes: 0

The piano is always true to me. In times of despair, happiness, and joy, its mood is always my own. Votes: 0

You are the loving child of this universe, she is always eager to help you, your joy is her happiness. Votes: 0

Joy, happiness, are hopes and our dreams.... A place of peace and harmony... that's the kind of land I invision. Votes: 0

The more ups and downs, the more joy I feel. The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel. Votes: 0

I don't think it's that hard [to lead a Christian life]. To me it's fun. We have joy and happiness. Votes: 0

An actor's body should be full of emotions, whether it is happiness or sorrow, pain or joy, enraged or elated. Votes: 0

Happiness and joy are inner qualities that can't be shaken by outer circumstances because they are inherent within the core Self. Votes: 0

Inner success is the ongoing experience of love, happiness, fulfillment and well-being - the experience of joy in your everyday life. Votes: 0

True success is the progressive expansion of happiness. It is the ability to express spontaneous joy and share it with others. Votes: 0

Your joy, your happiness, your satisfaction and your ability to dance with life, depends solely on what you pay attention to. Votes: 0

No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy. Votes: 0

There was always some germ of joy, some little paramecium of happiness wriggling around, waiting for a chance to get out. Votes: 0

Be purpose oriented and remember that the ultimate source of joy is in giving; the ultimate purpose of life is happiness. Votes: 0

A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy. Votes: 0

The moment where the fisherman catches the fish, happiness and agony, light and darkness, joy and death come face to face! Votes: 0

A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration. Votes: 0

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving. Votes: 0

Be educated. Only true education and wisdom can lighten the burdens of your life and fill it with joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console. Votes: 0

To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish. Votes: 0

Love is the key. Giving your children joy and happiness...when you give it to them, you will receive it as well. Votes: 0

Life will only make sense; and can only produce long-term happiness, peace and joy when embraced from the perspective of the soul. Votes: 0

We send these birthday wishes for your special day, one that brings a world of love and joy and happiness your way. Votes: 0

Even in the saddest moments of life, the happiness of simply being, the joy of just having existence must be remembered strongly! Votes: 0

You find true joy and happiness in life when you give and give and go on giving and never count the cost. Votes: 0

There are lots of ways to bring joy, happiness, peace, laughter, hope and comfort into your life, and they cost absolutely nothing. Votes: 0

The joy of the creative process, minute by minute, hour after hour, day by day, is the sublime path to true happiness. Votes: 0

To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish. Votes: 0

You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that. Votes: 0

Switch on and keep on in yourself the cheerful buttons... Those marked Joy, Laughter, Happiness, Love, Passion for life, Gratitude for life. Votes: 0

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Votes: 0

If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love. Votes: 0

The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice. Votes: 0

Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy. Votes: 0

Florrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out of Votes: 0

Grateful souls focus on the happiness and abundance present in their lives and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards them. Votes: 0

Happiness is never a negative affair; it is to be won by men who are fully alive, full of the joy of living Votes: 0

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invicible host against difficulties. Votes: 0

This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication. Votes: 0

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is not dry, it is also exceuted happily, 'susukham'. The result of that is not just happiness, but bliss, spiritual joy. Votes: 0

Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead. Votes: 0

Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all remember the innate perfection of your life unfolding. That is the secret of unreasonable happiness. Votes: 0

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Votes: 0

The more you go within, the more you understand your true nature, and the more joy and happiness you feel in your life. Votes: 0

I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life. Votes: 0

A nation of ants, morose, frigid, and still preserving the same dread of happiness and joy as in the days of John Knox. Votes: 0

There is joy in rationality, happiness in clarity of mind. Freethought is thrilling and fulfilling - absolutely essential to mental health and happiness. Votes: 0

It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible. Votes: 0

When you express your gratitude, you will bring joy to others lives.When others know joy, your life will be filled with happiness. Votes: 0

Each moment is a miracle encompassing everything: the joy and sorrow, the failure and success, the disappointment and happiness, the celebration and grief. Votes: 0

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Votes: 0

Find happiness in tribulation, too. Find it in joy alone and you could lose it, sooner or later, and be left with nothing. Votes: 0

Joy and happiness are the treasures of life and it comes when we appreciate and express gratitude for the abundance of our life. Votes: 0

If you develop an image of success, health, abundance, joy, peace, happiness, nothing on earth will be able to hold those things from you. Votes: 0

We are part of nature. We are here to bloom like a flower- to ornate the earth with beauty, love, joy, happiness, and care. Votes: 0

Pretending can be a bold form of experimentation and inventiveness. In pretending joy or happiness, we may discover or enhance our capacity for it. Votes: 0

Spirit is the source of peace. It is the source of joy. It is not a duality of happiness and unhappiness, but singular joy. Votes: 0

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy. Votes: 0

Music is my happiness, my joy, and when my body wasn't right I couldn't get into my music without being healed, without being healthy. Votes: 0

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it. Votes: 0

When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame. Votes: 0

When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful. Votes: 0

That's the quality of the Spirit that you start feeling so joyous and the joy doesn't have the duality of happiness and unhappiness. It's singular. Votes: 0

Most successful people find out that the attainment of their goals doesn't necessarily bring them the happiness and joy they assumed; their happiness is short-lived. Votes: 0

I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering. Votes: 0

Let us celebrate every little beauty, every little kindness, joy, love, and happiness; and let us express our deepest gratitude for those moments of joy. Votes: 0

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch. Votes: 0

The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one.-Kenshin to Eiji Votes: 0

Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the joy of all. Votes: 0

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that! Votes: 0

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal. Votes: 0

I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it. Votes: 0

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself. Votes: 0

The spectrum that most people exist in this world is very mundane and very unhappy. Certainly human beings are capable of experiencing great joy and happiness. Votes: 0

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time. Votes: 0

If you would find happiness and joy, lose your life in some noble cause. A worthy purpose must be at the center of every worthy life. Votes: 0

Depression might have chosen you, but you don't have to choose it back. Sometimes happiness comes with bootstraps, but so what? Pull 'em up. Choose joy. Votes: 0

If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter. Votes: 0

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift. Votes: 0

Do you want a world with . . . more joy and happiness? Then find your own joy and happiness and contribute to the joy and happiness of others. Votes: 0

Surely no child should fear his own father - especially a priesthood father. A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy. Votes: 0

What is an Extraordinary Life? A life of meaning, a magnificent life, a life of joy, happiness, love, passion, success, and fulfillment. Life experienced on your terms. Votes: 0

The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with...greater joy, peace, and happiness. Votes: 0

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement,in happiness, joy, sadness and envy. Votes: 0

There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands. Votes: 0

Divine love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet, it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in itself. Votes: 0

I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries, differences, obstacles, inconveniences, and imperfections. Votes: 0

We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy, pain, loss, guilt and remorse. Votes: 0

Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from loneliness to popularity, and from depression to happiness and joy - if you use it properly. Votes: 0

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift. Votes: 0

The best songs for me come from the search for joy. You're in a negative place maybe, but you're still striving to improve yourself and find happiness. Votes: 0

You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, and that you have a source of happiness within yourself that you had not suspected. Votes: 0

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. Votes: 0

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid. Votes: 0

But nothing in life was set in stone and nothing in life is promised us. Not happiness, not joy, not love. Everything was variable and mutable and inconstant. Votes: 0

We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy. Votes: 0

Nobody can be happy. You could have moments of happiness, moments of joy. But life is very difficult. Unless you're a total idiot. Then you can be happy. Votes: 0

The happiness and the joy that I see in the eyes of the children. They saved my life so I want to, give it back. I'm not joking. Votes: 0

Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast. Votes: 0

I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile. Votes: 0

Peace cannot come by legislation or through affiliation with any political philosophy...Peace, joy, and happiness can come only through an acceptance of God's revealed plan of life. Votes: 0

In the broader sense, work is the means to achieve happiness, prosperity. and salvation. When work and duty and joy are commingled, then man is at his best. Votes: 0

Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is. Votes: 0

Joy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind one it had been there. It was happiness that made one smile, then. Votes: 0

Smiles are the dance of our soul,with the music of love, to express the beauty of mind,for the happiness of spirit,and for the joy of the world. Votes: 0