108 quotes about Joy

Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it we do suddenly realize — sometimes with astonishment — how happy we had been.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxiety about the future.

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men’s actions.