Joy Quotes - Page 23

• I don't miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy.

  Adam Gopnik

  Regret, Missing, Chance

  Source: www.newyorker.com

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• Run. For your life, for your joy, for your calm and peace of mind. Run. Because your legs are strong and your lungs are aching for the taste of air. Run. Because what's the point of a life spent walking in the middle?

  Tyler Knott Gregson

  Running, Strong, Air

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• You implanted your highest goal into the heart of those passions: then they became your virtues and joys.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Passion, Heart, Goal

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2015). “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, p.36, Booklassic

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• Humor is the fastest, fleetest way of giving -it can change pain to joy in a mere millisecond.

  Stephen G. Post

  Pain, Giving, Way

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• Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance.

  N. T. Wright

  Justice, Spirituality, Vengeance

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• When you are a thankful person it releases joy.

  Joyce Meyer

  Release, Persons

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• Jump for joy as we accomplish the dreams we adore.

  Patch Adams

  Dream, Accomplish, Adore

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• It's when I let myself get little that I tumble head over heels into joy.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Littles, Head Over Heels, Heels

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• Once a day, sit quietly and place a hand upon your heart. Send it love, and allow yourself to feel the love your heart has for you. It has been beating for you since before you were born. Your heart is love, and the blood in your veins is joy. Your heart is now lovingly pumping joy throughout your body. All is well, and you are safe.

  Louise Hay

  Love You, Heart, Blood

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Feb 23, 2012

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• Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Hero, Suffering, Coward

  Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1865). “Letters to Various Persons”, p.184

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• I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Short Life, Important, Waste

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• We need to remind each other that the cup of sorrow is also the cup of joy, that precisely what causes us sadness can become the fertile ground for gladness.

  Henri Nouwen

  Sadness, Sorrow, Needs

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). “You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living”, Convergent Books

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• Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Giving, Found, Lasting

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• Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected. When you feel inspired you find yourself thrust into a world where ordinary objects and events are full of light, as if illuminated from within. This inner light is truth, and when you suddenly see the truth, we gain insight, clarity, and joy.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspiration, Heart, Light

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• Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to be accepted. Love because it justifies your life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love Is, Giving, Genius

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Dec 04, 2011

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• The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and amusing, you will, if you are wise, do everything you can to make him prefer your house and your table to any other; for where he is, the successful party is also.

  Emily Post

  Wise, Party, Gay

  Emily Post (2007). “Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Sorrow, Chiefs

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.260

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

  Kazuaki Tanahashi

  Disappointment, Grief, Miracle

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• Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life.

  JoAnn Ross

  Dark, Light, Two Sides

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• Being thankful for life itself is a way of making life better. When we look away from our problems, even for a short time, and generate joy in our hearts, we find that the world seems to change a bit.

  John Harricharan

  Heart, Being Thankful, Way

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• Marriage provides the solace of worked-on friendship and the joy of being known profoundly.

  Imogen Stubbs

  Love, Marriage, Solace

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• The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

  Mencius

  Happiness, Sincere, Greater

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• When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.

  Brené Brown

  Pain, Numb

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• Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Christmas, Holiday, Giving

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• Then the song of a whitethroat, pure and ethereal, with the dreamy quality of remembered joy.

  Rachel Carson

  Song, Quality, Ethereal

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.32, Open Road Media

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