Joy Quotes
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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside. (Quote by - Dr. Melba Colgrove)
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. (Quote by - Henry Fielding)
'I enjoy the company of cattle. I really enjoy knowing them, running my hand over them.' (Quote by - Russell Crowe)
Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. .(Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. (Quote by - Ephraim Gotthold Lessing)
On a March clothesline .. transparent icicles in a row in the bright sun they drip and glow Marks of exclamation !!!!!!!!!! a sentence of joyful exclamation !!!!!!!! (Quote by - Saiom Shriver)
Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. (Quote by - John F Kennedy)
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. (Quote by - Jim Rohn)
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Theodore Roethke -Thich Nhat Hanh. (Quote by - Thich Nhat Hanh)
Joys Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too. - Philip James Bailey, Festus (Quote by - Philip James Bailey)
But all's to no end, for the times will not mend Till the King enjoys his own again. (Quote by - Martin Parker)
I think it's about time people just back off and give me a little bit of breathing space so I can enjoy myself in my own home (Quote by - Frank Bruno)
They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work. (Quote by - The Bhagavad Gita)
Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night. (Quote by - John Dryden)
Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy; Such as a happy bird will sing, Beneath a Rainbow's lovely arch, In early spring. (Quote by - William Henry Davies)
What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world. (Quote by - Robert E Lee)
All my joys to this are folly, Naught so sweet as Melancholy (Quote by - Robert Burton)
For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone; But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong; Like angel's visits short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. (Quote by - John Norris of Bemerton)
There's a hope for every woe, And a balm for every pain, But the first joys of our heart Come never back again! (Quote by - Robert Gilfillan)
My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves In drops of sorrow. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found; And 'tis joy that moves the pinion When the wheel of time goes round. (Quote by - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller)
If you worry about the future, and dwell on the past, you can't enjoy the present (Quote by - Emily Gibbons)
'I now know happiness isn't about being in the press, getting good reviews or always being seen as a winner. It's about doing what you enjoy through the highs and lows, accepting what's on your plate and making the most of it...' (Quote by - Darius Danesh)
At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth. (Quote by - Alan Seeger)
Capacity for joy Admits temptation. (Quote by - Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep. (Quote by - Philip James Bailey)
I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again. (Quote by - Matt Groening)
Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason. (Quote by - Platen)
Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity.(Quote by - Hung Tzu-cheng)
What is the chief end of man? "To glorify God and to enjoy him forever." (Quote by - The Shorter Catechism)
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process. (Quote by - Oprah Winfrey)
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. (Quote by - John Dryden)
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. (Quote by - Pierre Coneille)
The joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days. (Quote by - Bible)
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. (Quote by - Eugene Field)
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.(Quote by - Eleanor Roosevelt)
There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers. (Quote by - Kate Winslet)
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first (Quote by - Ginger Rogers)
But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy? (Quote by - John Keats)
There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away. George Gordon Noel Byron)
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval (Quote by - George Santayana)
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. (Quote by - John Lennon)
Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past. (Quote by - James Montgomery)
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone 's letter. (Quote by - Chinese Proverb)
The joy late coming late departs. (Quote by - Lewis J. Bates)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. (Quote by - Ludwig Wittgenstein)
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise. (Quote by - William Blake)
Free me, I pray, to go in search of joys Unembroidered by your high, soft voice, Along that stony path the senses pave. (Quote by - James Merrill)
A joy that's shared is a joy made double. (Quote by - English Proverb)
'Pan, who and what art thou?' [Hook] cried huskily.'I'm youth, I'm joy,' Peter answered at a venture, 'I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.' (Quote by - Peter Pan)
'I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.' (Quote by - Johnny Depp)
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.(Quote by - Titus Lucretius Carus)
Oh, frabjous day! Callooh. Callay! He chortled in his joy. (Quote by - Lewis Carroll Dodgson)
Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful. (Quote by - Bishop Jeremy Taylor)
I wish you all the joy that you can wish. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us. (Quote by - George Eliot)
He who binds himself to joy doth the winged life destroy but he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in eternity's sunrise (Quote by - William Blake)
If I'm going to lie on my back for an hour, I expect to be enjoying myself (Quote by - Margaret Johnston)
The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time. (Quote by - James Taylor)
I don't want to go to work and get into bed with someone else, not even Tom Cruise. It's not like I enjoy it (Quote by - Cameron Diaz)
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. (Quote by - Chinese Proverb)
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. (Quote by - John Keats)
I've always enjoyed watching makeup artists - but I'd like to go to the extreme and do monster makeup in movies. (Quote by - Niki Taylor)
'And the dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face... and the world we once believed in will shine again in grace. Then why do we keep strangling life wound this Earth, crucify its soul. Though it's plain to see, this world is heavenly. We could be God's glow... Heal the world.' (Quote by - Michael Jackson)
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. (Quote by - Marlene Dietrich)
And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
