Quotes on Joy And Happiness

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.

If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

To fill the hour──that is happiness.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop greater resolve to put an end to the causes of suffering and the unwholesome deeds which lead to suffering. And it will increase your enthusiasm for engaging in the wholesome actions and deeds which lead to happiness and joy.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration.

Happiness and joy are not the same. For what does the fervent craving for joy mean? It does not mean that we wish at any cost to experience the psychic state of being joyful. We want to have reason for joy, for an unceasing joy that fills us utterly, sweeps all before it, exceeds all measure.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

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

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

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

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.