Joy Quotes Quotes

“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.”
― Ernest Barbaric

“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. The warrior's approach is to say “yes” to life: “yea” to it all.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

“Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Spread kindness, caring, and compassion and create your own paradise. Infuse it with joy and you’ve created heaven on earth.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Faith is stronger than a stone. Joy is taller than a mountain. Love is wider than an ocean.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is my mother. Joy is my sister. Knowledge is brother. Wisdom is my soulmate.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Set goals that make your heart sing. Then achieving them is an experience of uplifting joy.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Making time to experience joy is the single most important thing you can do to heal your heart.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, The Spiritual Girl's Guide to Dating: Your Enlightened Path to Love, Sex, and Soulmates

“A smile is made up of 1% muscles and 99% happiness.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Joy is God's smile; love is God's laughter.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“What are five things you are grateful for? Right now? Open to gratitude and you will soften into joy.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Suffering has been my most faithful teacher.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“A good life is just a series of small moments strung together that feel like joy.”
― Brittany Burgunder

“Grow on the scent of your soul. Be drunk on the rose that keeps opening through the thorns.”
― Jayita Bhattacharjee

“Living is bringing joy to others.”
― Richie Norton

“Joy is all around you. It's in the little moments that make life worth living; the sparks that light you up and leave you feeling good to be alive.”
― Joanne Mallon, How to Find Joy in Five Minutes a Day: Inspiring Ideas to Boost Your Mood Every Day

“Joy is an energy, and scientists have found that charging your life up with it boosts your immune system, helps to fight stress and may even help you live longer.”
― Joanne Mallon, How to Find Joy in Five Minutes a Day: Inspiring Ideas to Boost Your Mood Every Day

“Whatever you do, do something. Take action. Grab joy. Tomorrow you'll be glad you did.”
― Joanne Mallon, How to Find Joy in Five Minutes a Day: Inspiring Ideas to Boost Your Mood Every Day

“Five minutes, that's all it takes. Take a step; take a leap; take action. Embrace joy. Embrace life.”
― Joanne Mallon, How to Find Joy in Five Minutes a Day: Inspiring Ideas to Boost Your Mood Every Day

“I have found the easiest way from ‘zero-to-hero’ that you can change your emotions for the better is to simply feel ‘joy’. Joy cuts through the crap, so-to-speak and gets right to the heart of what you need and would like to experience for the day. Joy is a shortcut to your good. No matter what has gone on that day or week, the vibrations of joy are a healing salve, that you can apply to your life and issues and it will help evaporate your problems, without you having to work directly or specifically on them!”
― Sarah Rajkotwala, Fairy Sparkles

“If you turn to self-realization in search of love, empathy, or affection, or as a solution to your daily difficulties—be they illness, financial hardship, career goals, or relationships—hold on, because it's much more than that! Self-realization is a wonderful journey to discover the profound truth about yourself and the universe, leading you to eternal and unwavering joy. Along this path, you may or may not find the emotions or solutions you crave as delightful surprises, and after self-realization, you will clearly understand why.”
― Indrajit Bagal, Wisdom of the I: A Guide for Everyone to Supreme Happiness

“There is a joy that sings like amber sap spilling into tree limbs running down to the roots.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“Eventually, you too will see the joy in the most teachable moments of despair, wrapped in darkness that ushers in redemption. Joy is sitting right next to sorrow.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials

“Have you ever been so thirsty for hope that the night sky wept with you?
The stars Abraham gazed upon still hang above you. So do the promises.”
― Tekoa Manning, Thirsting for Water: Devotions to Awaken the Spirit and Quench the Thirsty

“You’ll never get close to life — not unless you ignite kindness and unleash joy.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“When you’re thankful, you quietly say to life: “I notice. I appreciate. I trust.”

(Gratitude — The Purest Form of Abundance)”
― Bea Roubo, Joy Is the Key and You Are the Door

“A heart full of kindness attracts gentle souls and shimmering joys—moments that flutter like whispers of light into our lives.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Listen, we've always been living through something. Some warmonger has always been waging a war somewhere. The thing is how close it feels to you today. If you get a little overwhelmed, visit your local library and spend some time with the archives. Look at the old photos, letters and stories. Go and speak to your elders. You'll find evidence of hope, joy, dancing and singing through the grief. It is exactly this joy that holds us as we show up for the difficult work that is world-making.”
― Malebo Sephodi