Top 25 Joyful Quotes of 82

A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

Philip Neri

Heart, Perfect, Joyful

Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.

Ann Voskamp

Grateful, Be Grateful, Joyful

Twitter post from Oct 9, 2014

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

Charles Lamb

Faces, Gone, Joyful

"The Old Familiar Faces" l. 1 (1798)

For far too many, pregnancy and birth is still something that happens to them rather than something they set out consciously and joyfully to do themselves

Sheila Kitzinger

Pregnancy, Birth, Joyful

Sheila Kitzinger (1990). “The Experience of Childbirth”, Viking Press

The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

Dalai Lama

Mind, Levels, Joyful

The Dalai Lama (1997). “Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.9, Shambhala

This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth.

Donald Cargill

Earth, Saws, Joyful

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.

Srikumar Rao

Journey, Joyful, Destination

Being joyful is our natural state of being.

Deepak Chopra

Happiness, Joyful, Natural

Twitter post from Jul 16, 2014

Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.

M. F. K. Fisher

Meals, Eating, Joyful

Joan Reardon, M.F.K. Fisher (2014). “The Art of Eating”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.

Mike Tomlin

Tasks, Joyful, Term

"Credo from Tomlin: Let's have fun" by Ed Bouchette, www.post-gazette.com. January 27, 2009.

I`m the tortoise in the race, but I`m a joyful tortoise.

Jeb Bush

Race, Tortoises, Joyful

"The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Transcript". www.msnbc.com. December 31, 2015.

To fully thrive, we must not only eliminate the stressors but also actively seek joyful, loving, fulfilling lives that stimulate growth processes

Bruce H. Lipton

Growth, Joyful, Process

Bruce H. Lipton (2015). “The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles”, p.186, Hay House, Inc

Right now is the time for you to visualize and create your future. Make it as healthy and bright and joyful as you can. It's your life, and you're going to live it.

Louise Hay

Healthy, Joyful, Your Future

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

John Muir

Spring, Enthusiasm, Joyful

John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.170, Library of America

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

Wendell Berry

Joyful

Wendell Berry (2012). “A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural”, p.40, Counterpoint Press

O come all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.

Frederick Oakeley

Christmas, Faithful, Joyful

A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

Orison S. Marden

Friendship, Laughing, Joyfulness

Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift.

Mary Oliver

Dog, Joyfulness, Small Gifts

Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.63, Penguin

One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

Eugene O'Neill

Happiness, Contentment, Joyful

Eugene O'Neill (1988). “Complete Plays: 1920-1931”, New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press

Real learning, attentive, real learning, deep learning, is playful and frustrating and joyful and discouraging and exciting and sociable and private all the time, which is what makes it great.

Eleanor Duckworth

Real, Joyful, Exciting