Joy

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Look back with joy. Look forward with hope. Be present with peace.

Look back with joy. Look forward with hope. Be present with peace.

Anticipate beauty. Believe in miracles. Count on grace. Decide on joy. Expect peace.

Anticipate beauty. Believe in miracles. Count on grace. Decide on joy. Expect peace.

All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.

All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

William Arthur Ward

For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations.

For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow.

Joy shared is twice the joy. Sorrow shared is half the sorrow.

Swedish proverbs

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Jean Paul Richter

For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.

For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Albert Einstein

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.