Being Joyful Quotes - Page 2

• All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

  Charles Lamb

  Faces, Gone, Joyful

  "The Old Familiar Faces" l. 1 (1798)

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• In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

  Solomon

  Adversity, Eugenics, Prosperity

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• Being joyful is a choice.

  Jonathan Jackson

  Choices, Joyful

  "Jonathan Jackson: On Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Genuine Prayer". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

  Storm Jameson

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Storm Jameson (1941). “The End of this War”

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• I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

  Charles Lamb

  School, Childhood, Gone

  "The Old Familiar Faces" l. 1 (1798)

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• There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

  Khalil Gibran

  Happiness, Famous Inspirational, Giving

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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• Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Positive, Happiness, Happy

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• Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

  Emily Dickinson

  Life, Happiness, Positivity

  "Selected Letters". Edited by Thomas H. Johnson,

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• This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth.

  Donald Cargill

  Earth, Saws, Joyful

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• The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.

  M. Scott Peck

  Life, Happiness, God

  "The Enlightened Savage : Using Primal Instincts for Personal & Business Success". Book by Anthony Hernandez (p. 147), 2006.

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• Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Sad, Gratitude, Heart

  Pope Benedict XVI (2007). “John Paul II: My Beloved Predecessor”

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• In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.

  Gilbert Parker

  Beautiful, Mean, Mind

  Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria

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• To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

  Pope John Paul II

  Family, Children, Home

  Pope John Paul II, Tony Castle (1987). “The light of Christ: meditations for every day of the year”, Crossroad Pub Co

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• I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

  John Templeton

  Spiritual, Optimistic, Focus

  "Money Not the End Goal for Successful Men". Book by Andrew Leckey, articles.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2008.

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• The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

  Mark Twain

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.116, Chartwell

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• Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

  Mother Teresa

  Happiness, Happy, Faith

  Mother Teresa (1987). “My Life for the Poor”

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  Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

  Marcel Proust

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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  I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Commitment, Insperational

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• The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Happiness, Sad

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 24, 2014

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• One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Happiness, Contentment, Joyful

  Eugene O'Neill (1988). “Complete Plays: 1920-1931”, New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press

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• Being joyful is about staying positive when everything else seems to fail.

  Alex Gonzaga

  Stay Positive, Failing, Joyful

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• Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Letting Go, Art, Events

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• If you shift from compulsiveness to consciousness, being joyful will not be an effort.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Effort, Humanity

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• Spend some time observing babies. They don't work; they poop in their pants, and they have no goals other than to expand, grow and explore this amazing world. Be like that baby you once were, in terms of being joyful.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Happiness, Baby

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “The Invisible Force: 365 Ways to Apply the Power of Intention to Your Life: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.106, ReadHowYouWant.com

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