Quotes About Joy

In actuality, we don't look for smiles in pictures of bliss, but rather, for the happiness in life itself. Painters know this, but this is preciously what they cannot depict. That's why they substitute the joy of seeing for the joy of life.

It was the happiest moment of my life, though I didn't know it.

Happiness is laughing together...

Mutlu olabilmek için her gün bir miktar edebiyatla ilgilenmem gerekiyor.

Hayat?m?n en mutlu an?ym??, bilmiyordum. [...] Herkes bilsin, çok mutlu bir hayat yaÅŸad?m.

Painting and happiness. I would like my dear readers who have given close attention to my story and my fate to bear these two things in mind, as they are the genesis of my world.

People don't know when they're happy, at least not while it's going on.

noté el frío de la nieve y recordé que no era ni un viejo ni un niño: en la piel sentía gozosamente el mundo.

No era en absoluto de esos padres que riñen, prohíben y castigan. Especialmente en los primeros años de mi infancia, cuando salía por ahí y jugaba con él, sentía que el mundo era un lugar divertido al que el hombre venía para ser feliz.

To write is to transform that inward gaze into words, to study the worlds into which we pass when we retire into ourselves, and to do so with patience, obstinacy, and joy.

U životu se sve vrti oko sre?e. Neki su ljudi sretni, nekima je sre?a nedostižna. Ve?ina je, naravno, negdje izme?u.

Fue el momento más feliz de mi vida y no lo sabía.

Perché io sia felice è necessario che ogni giorno mi occupi un po' di letteratura.

Život se ne živi zbog na?ela, nego zato da bismo bili sretni.

Over time, the persona I assumed in her presence came to supplant my true self. It must have been then I first came to realize that for most people life was not a joy to be embraced with a full heart but a miserable charade to be endured with a false smile, a narrow path of lies, punishment, and repression.

I znaj ovo: oni koji traže samo sre?u, nikada je ne na?u!

Mang theo má»™t cu?n sách trong túi hay gi? xách c?a b?n, nh?t là nh?ng khi bu?n, là s? h?u má»™t th? giá»›i khác, má»™t th? giá»›i có th? mang l?i cho b?n ni?m vui.

eu a amava como se reconhecesse em você meu próprio corpo, como se você fosse minha alma perdida, como se eu enfim compreendesse, tomado pela dor e a alegria, que eu era uma outro pessoa;

The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. The right mental attitude, the trained mind, will bring to us the best there is in the universe.

The habit of learning to appreciate to the utmost every situation in life adds wonderfully to the sum total of one's happiness. But many people are incapable of real happiness because they never learn to appreciate anything except that which appeals to their own comfort, pleasure, or appetite.

Fun is the cheapest and best medicine in the world for your children as well as for yourself. Give it to them in good large doses. It will not only save you doctors' bills, but it will also help to make your children happier, and will improve their chances in life.

Oh, what riches live in a sunny soul! Take joy with you; cling to her, no matter where you go or what you do. It is your lubricating oil which would prevent the jars, the discords, and shut out the sorrows of life. What a heritage is a smiling face,—to be able to fling out sunshine everywhere one goes, to scatter the shadows and to lighten sorrowing hearts; to have the power to send cheer into despairing souls through a sunny and radiant disposition!

Instead of worrying over unforeseen misfortune, set out with all your soul to rejoice in the unforeseen blessings of all your coming days.

Why do we allow anticipated joys to blind us to those that are close by