Joy & Happiness Quotes

All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.

Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.

Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

Happiness is one thing, and I've had it my whole life - that's family.

It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

We've all met those who seem to radiate happiness. They seem to smile more than others; they laugh more than others - just being around them makes us happier as well.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

A lot of people seem to feel that joy is only the most intense version of pleasure, arrived at by the same road - you simply have to go a little further down the track. That has not been my experience.

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.

We experience happiness as a series of pleasing moments. They come and go like clouds, unpredictable, fleeting, and without responsibility to our desires. Through honest self-work, reflection, and meditation, we begin to string more of these moments together, creating a web-like design of happiness that drapes around our lives.

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

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

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

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

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

Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.

In my opinion happiness is nothing but satisfaction - satisfaction through work, thoughts and accomplishing our mission and vision.

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

Happiness is making your dreams come true.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

I don't know the true meaning of happiness.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes to the logical extreme. It is urgent, therefore, that we be joyous if we wish to live.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

Happiness is a simple everyday miracle, like water, and we are not aware of it.

Laughter is beyond truth - the ultimate happiness.