"The deep power of joy..." My Favorite Joy Quotes: Part 3

1. “ Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

2. “With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.” ~ William Wordsworth

3. “It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.”                  ~ Amelia Barr

4. “Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.”          ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

5. “A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.”           ~ Anais Nin

6. “Let your joy be in your journey - not in some distant goal.” ~ Tim Cook

7. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

8. ”Joy must be developed from the inside. If we cannot find happiness within ourselves we will not be able to find happiness anywhere." ~ Allan Lokos

9. “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” ~ Emily Dickinson

10. “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

11. “There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” ~ Khalil Gibran

12. “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” ~ Mark Twain

13. “We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy.” ~ Goldie Hawn

14. “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” ~ C. S. Lewis

15. “Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.”            ~ Mahatma Gandhi

16. “Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.” ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

17. ”Perhaps most important, being in a state of joy is a learned skill, not an innate ability."           ~ Donald Altman

18. ”A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love." ~ Mother Teresa

19. ”People in developing countries have a depth of joy, a richness to which those of us consumed with material things are often blind." ~ Pam Grout

20. “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

21. “Somewhere deep inside each of us is the child who was innocent and free and knew that the gift of life was the gift of joy.” ~ Alexander Lowen