Simple Joys Quotes

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Life, Positive, Happiness

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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

Bob Hope

Christmas, Xmas, Holiday

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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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We only need to open our eyes to see the gifts that abound all around us. These are the simple joys in life.

Genevieve

Eye, Simple, Joy

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Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

Francis of Assisi

Simple, Simplicity, Joy

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We have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.

Christiane Collange

Simple, Tree, Joy

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True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return.

Deborah Barnes

Self Esteem, Passion, Simple

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We meet on the common ground of an uncommon age and share out our gifts of dark and light, good and bad, simple joy and not so simple sorrow.

Ray Bradbury

Dark, Simple, Light

Ray Bradbury (1990). “Medicine for Melancholy”, Spectra

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When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.

Jess C Scott

Self Esteem, Simple, Emotional

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There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between summers was gone.

Mitch Albom

Summer, Simple, Joy

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In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.

Max De Pree

Simple, Mutual Interest, Organization

Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

Russell Crowe

Son, Simple, Ducks

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Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.

Lewis Carroll

Summer, Dream, Children

Lewis Carroll (2000). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass”, p.118, Penguin

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Sometimes people will think, I need to have pre-sanctioned spiritual joy. Getting joy from my contemplative meditation practice or getting joy from reading Thich Nhat Hahn books. Those things can be joyful but I think it’s the small, simple joys of playing with dogs or having sex with someone you love or going for a walk outside, stuff that we tend to ignore.

Moby

Spiritual, Dog, Sex

"Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

Joyce Meyer

Confused, Simple, Men

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During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

Julia Roberts

Struggle, Simple, 80s And 90s

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Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles.

Eliphas Levi

Flower, Maturity, Simple

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No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.

Toni Morrison

Simple, Joy, Teeth

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Only in our darkest hour do we find the light. Humans are destructive by nature. The world is lacking balance. Terrors are beginning to triumph over the simple joys. Stand back and watch, because you're going to be here when we fall.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Fall, Simple, Light

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I think most of us look at personal delights as somewhere between minimally important and borderline immoral. We like them, but we're not sure we ought to. We seldom give them a high priority when other demands are competing for our attention. Nevertheless, the soul feeds on simple joys and withers without them.

Victoria Moran

Simple, Thinking, Giving

Victoria Moran (1997). “Shelter for the Spirit: How to Make Your Home a Haven in a Hectic World”, Harpercollins

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The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.

George Nelson

Business, Simple, Hands

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Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys...Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house...and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both.

Michelle Obama

Soccer, Mom, Grandma

Michelle Obama's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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