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Joy Quotes

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

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

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

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"Joy always came after pain."

"Joy always came after pain."

Guillaume Apollinaire, French Novelist

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"Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant."

"Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

Joy, Man, Sea, Trouble

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"If you surround yourself with flowers of love, peace, and kindness, you will always find yourself in a garden of joy and happiness."

"If you surround yourself with flowers of love, peace, and kindness, you will always find yourself in a garden of joy and happiness."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Joy, Love, Peace, Kindness

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"The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric."

"The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric."

James Broughton, American Director

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"All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine."

"All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Joy, Food, Kindness, Optimism, Life

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"Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path."

"Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

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"What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?"

"What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?"

Logan P. Smith, American Writer

Joy, Unhappiness, Years

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"All things want to float as light as air through the world witnessing all that is. I am a mote of dust floating freely in the firmament, a person who merely is, and I feel full of joy for all worldly treasures, the immaculate gift of life."

"All things want to float as light as air through the world witnessing all that is. I am a mote of dust floating freely in the firmament, a person who merely is, and I feel full of joy for all worldly treasures, the immaculate gift of life."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Joy, Life, Gift, Existence

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"Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role."

"Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

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"For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy."

"For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy."

Matthew Ashford, American Actor

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"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."

"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."

Jessamyn West, American Author

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"I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony."

"I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

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"Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams."

"Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams."

Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

Joy, Rain, Summer, Tears

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"I feel a sense of sadness and joy. Mostly sadness though about what I've experienced and sadness about what others have experienced in reference to the stroke."

"I feel a sense of sadness and joy. Mostly sadness though about what I've experienced and sadness about what others have experienced in reference to the stroke."

Luther Vandross, American Musician

Joy, Sadness, Sense

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"We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness."

"We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Joy, Sadness, Taste

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"A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever."

"A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever."

Garrison Keillor, American Writer

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"If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!"

"If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!"

Don Bluth, American Artist

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"If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy."

"If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy."

Clara Schumann, German Musician

Joy, Trouble, Youth

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"We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy."

"We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

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"At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities."

"At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities."

Jean Houston, American Author

Joy, Kaleidoscope, Laughter, Possibilities, Universe

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"The joy of life is variety the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence."

"The joy of life is variety the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Joy, Variety, Love, Truth

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"We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry."

"We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry."

E. B. White, American Writer

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"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."

"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

Joy, Sorrow, Worth

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"Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy."

"Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy."

George William Russell, Irish Writer

Joy, Mystery, Sorrow, Spirit

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"The sound of music, makes me dance."

"The sound of music, makes me dance."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Joy, Sound, Music, Dance

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"I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed."

"I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

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"It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust."

"It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust."

Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer

Joy, Sorrow, Spirit

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"Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze."

"Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Joy, Happiness, Emotion, Truth, Wisdom

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

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

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Joy, Obstacles, Will

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"It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays."

"It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

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"Spread your happiness to others and let them spread theirs to you."

"Spread your happiness to others and let them spread theirs to you."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Joy, Happiness, Sharing, Spread, Others

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"For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers."

"For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers."

Michael Bay, American Director

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"I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy."

"I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy."

Sara Teasdale, American Author

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"I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as great sorrow."

"I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as great sorrow."

Fanny Burney, English Novelist

Joy, Sleep, Sorrow

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"Daily dance is my delight."

"Daily dance is my delight."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Joy, Daily, Dance, Delight, Soul

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"Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul."

"Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Joy, Soul, Spirit, Emotion

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"Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy."

"Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy."

Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

Joy, Sorrow, Words

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"One should dance while one still can."

"One should dance while one still can."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Joy, Life, Dance, Youth

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"Dance in the rain, follow the path of lovely lanes, you are what you always wanted to be, so chill out, dear friend!"

"Dance in the rain, follow the path of lovely lanes, you are what you always wanted to be, so chill out, dear friend!"

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Joy, Dance, Rain, Path, Friend

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"Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose."

"Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Joy, Temperance

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"Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want."

"Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want."

Alan Cohen, American Businessman

Joy, Result, Sense, Want

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"Believe in your power to make happiness a choice-do so every day, until it becomes a lifelong habit."

"Believe in your power to make happiness a choice-do so every day, until it becomes a lifelong habit."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Joy, Happiness, Power, Truth, Today

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"The grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz, anything that contains the original energy of joy."

"The grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz, anything that contains the original energy of joy."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Joy, Music, Grace, Freedom

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"No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others."

"No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Joy, Happiness, Pleasure, Empathy

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"Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe."

"Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe."

Goran Persson, Swedish Politician

Joy, Pain, Will

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"To feel the joy of life, sell your pride and get lost in the simplicity and humility."

"To feel the joy of life, sell your pride and get lost in the simplicity and humility."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Joy, Life, Pride, Simplicity, Humility

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"Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize."

"Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

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"Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always."

"Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always."

Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman

Joy, Now, Pleasure

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"You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing."

"You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Joy, Laughter, Aging, Life

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