108 quotes about Joy

Discover quotes about Joy from writers, philosophers, artists and other notable figures. Words and reflections that illuminate different sides of this human feeling.

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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.
Tolstoy Leo
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he happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
Rochefoucauld
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By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.
Robespierre
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I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.
Shelley Percy
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
Sophocles
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
Austen Jane
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In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.
Camus Albert
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Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.
Swift Jonathan
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
Ovid
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People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.
Strindberg

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