Joy Quotes

• Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

  Henri Nouwen

  Happiness, Opportunity, True Joy

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• 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.

  Tony Robbins

  Passion, Inner Strength, Happiness Love

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• The Art of Fulfillment is the ability to experience not only the thrill of the chase, but also the magic of the moment, the unbridled joy of feeling truly alive.

  Tony Robbins

  Art, Feelings, Magic

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  We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

  Maya Angelou

  Happiness, Laughter, Air

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• Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God.

  Sam Storms

  Suffering, Absence, Presence Of God

  Sam Storms (2014). “Pleasures Evermore: The Life-Changing Power of Enjoying God”, p.27, Tyndale House

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• When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Integrity, Moving

  Rumi (2014). “'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian”, p.106, Lulu.com

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• To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

  John Templeton

  Giving, Spiritual Happiness, Spiritual Wealth

  John Templeton (1998). “The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God”, p.122, Templeton Foundation Press

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• Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God loves a cheerful giver. She gives most who gives with joy.

  Mother Teresa

  Gratitude, Prayer, Heart

  "My Life for the Poor". Book by Mother Teresa, 1985.

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• The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.

  Julian of Norwich

  Inspirational, Positive, Catholic

  Julian of Norwich (2013). “SHOWING OF LOVE”, p.78, Lulu.com

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• Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Spiritual, Men, Addiction

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• Joy is not in things; it is in us.

  Richard Wagner

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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

  Maya Angelou

  Happiness, Laughter, Blessing

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• Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

  Eileen Caddy

  Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

  Eileen Caddy (2012). “God Spoke to Me”, p.16, Jaico Publishing House

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• Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Giving, Eulogy, Trying

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, Simon and Schuster

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  Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

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• May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Happiness, Christmas, Laughter

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

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

  Karl Barth

  Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

  "Finding the Magnificent in Lower Mundane : Extraordinary Stories About An Ordinary Place". Book by Bob Stromberg, 1994.

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• Joy is the echo of God's life within us.

  Columba Marmion

  Echoes, Joy Within

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• Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.

  Oswald Chambers

  Rivers, Water, Flow

  Oswald Chambers (2017). “Utmost Ongoing: Reflections on the Legacy of Oswald Chambers”, p.16, Discovery House

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• Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  God, Faith, Peace

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• Joy is the highest expression of love.

  Esther Hicks

  Love, Expression, Highest

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• Joy is very infectious; therefore, be always full of joy!

  Mother Teresa

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• Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

  Henri Nouwen

  Laughter, Worry, Tomorrow

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