Great Joy Quotes

• Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

  Henry Fielding

  Love, Happiness, Heart

  Henry Fielding (1992). “Tom Jones”, p.708, Wordsworth Editions

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• There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Buddhist, Inspiration

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teaching s from the beloved Zen teacher”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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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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• Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

  Emily Dickinson

  Life, Happiness, Positivity

  "Selected Letters". Edited by Thomas H. Johnson,

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• Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Happiness, Happy, Joy

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.87

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• Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.

  Mother Teresa

  Strength, Real Joy, True Joy

  Mother Teresa (1987). “My Life for the Poor”

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  Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

  Marcel Proust

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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• I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

  Drew Barrymore

  Happiness, Being Happy, Thinking

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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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• It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

  Agnes Repplier

  Happiness, Happy, Women

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• Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

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• Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

  Mother Teresa

  Happiness, Happy, Faith

  Mother Teresa (1987). “My Life for the Poor”

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• Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

  Marcel Proust

  Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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  Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866)

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• That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

  Willa Cather

  Happiness, Spiritual, Purpose

  Willa Cather (2011). “My Ántonia (我的安東妮亞)”, p.46, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Happiness, Being Happy, Creativity

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• They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

  Tom Bodett

  Love, Happiness, Happy

  Tom Bodett (1985). “As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport: The View from the End of the Road : Comments and Comic Pieces”, Perseus Books

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• The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

  Christopher McCandless

  Life, Motivational, Travel

  Letter to Russell Fritz, April 1992.

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• We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.

  Mitsugi Saotome

  Real Joy, Challenges, Growth

  Mitsugi Saotome (1993). “Aikido and the Harmony of Nature”, p.340, Shambhala Publications

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• All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

  Lord Byron

  Happiness, Meaningful, Angel

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.245, Routledge

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• Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

  Storm Jameson

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Storm Jameson (1941). “The End of this War”

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• The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

  Charles Morgan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The joy that isn't shared dies young.

  Anne Sexton

  Happiness, Joy, Inner Peace

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• Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

  Robert Breault

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  "Looking Forward".

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