Top 200 Joy Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “The best form of worship is to be happy, to be grateful.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

102. “Go slowly, breathe and smile.”

— Nhat Hanh

103. “If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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

— Robert Breault

105. “Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!”

— Sathya Sai Baba

106. “End your day with a smile, a happy thought, and a grateful heart.”

— Clint Walker

107. “Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: We are not alone.”

— Brené Brown

108. “I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.”

— Bob Marley

109. “My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy.”

— Louise Hay

110. “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.”

— Brené Brown

111. “The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.”

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

112. “Be happy for no reason, like a child.”

— Deepak Chopra

113. “Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.”

— Victor Hugo

114. “He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.”

— William Blake

115. “Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.”

— Francis of Assisi

116. “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”

— Marianne Williamson

117. “No matter what the issue is, don’t try to justify why you don’t feel good. And don’t try to justify why you should feel differently. Don’t try to blame whatever it is you think the reason is that’s keeping you from feeling good. All of that is wasted effort. Just try to feel better right now.”

— Esther Hicks

118. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.”

— Dr. Seuss

119. “Take it easy baby, take it as it comes – specialize in having fun!”

— Jim Morrison

120. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”

— Elbert Hubbard

121. “Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination.”

— Shawn Achor

122. “As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.”

— Vin Scully

123. “Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.”

— Les Brown

124. “It’s better to dance than to march through life.”

— Yoko Ono

125. “I’m living a dream I never want to wake up from.”

— Cristiano Ronaldo

126. “Being happy is a very personal thing-and it really has nothing to do with anyone else.”

— Esther Hicks

127. “Life is short. Don’t miss opportunities to spend time with the people that you love.”

— Joel Osteen

128. “Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.”

— Ramana Maharshi

129. “If you would stop analyzing everything and just look for things to appreciate, you would live happily ever after.”

— Esther Hicks

130. “With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”

— Oscar Wilde

131. “If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.”

— John Piper

132. “Happiness is the ultimate goal. It is the goal of all other goals.”

— Deepak Chopra

133. “Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.”

— Alan Cohen

134. “As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

135. “No one can ruin your day without your permission.”

— Steve Gilliland

136. “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

— E.E. Cummings

137. “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”

— Charles M. Schulz

138. “No joy can equal the joy of serving others.”

— Sai Baba

139. “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

140. “Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.”

— Walt Disney

141. “Smile if you want a smile from another face.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

142. “There is always something to be grateful for.”

— Rhonda Byrne

143. “When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.”

— Byron Katie

144. “Be in love with your life, every detail of it.”

— Jack Kerouac

145. “Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.”

— Nina Dobrev

146. “Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!”

— Joyce Meyer

147. “Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

148. “Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.”

— Mother Teresa

149. “Don’t surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn’t true anymore.”

— Cheryl Strayed

150. “It’s a new dawn It’s a new day It’s a new life for me And I’m feeling good.”

— Leslie Bricusse