Quotes About Joy

Our long national nightmare is over.

The joy and the grief we encounter on our journey are not always the direct workings of God, which of course means that we too are partners in the making of our world.

adult life is full of hardship, childhood should be free of it.

An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

The joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.

All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it.

Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter.

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

A light heart lives long.

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness; such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so.

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.

One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings - not your birthdays.

I've been riding the carousel in Central Park since I was five years old . . . If I'm very depressed or if something's bothering me today, my husband, Larry, and I go back to the park. We get on the carousel horse and we start riding, and I start singing at the top of my lungs. It is pure and absolute joy and happiness.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

Life holds so much, so much to be happy about always. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can be felt only if you don't set any conditions.

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

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