Joyful Living Quotes

May God overflow your life with bountiful blessings of grace. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

No matter how strong or strong-willed you are, you cannot live a stressful, maxed-out life without that pace eventually biting you in the butt. It is necessary to take breaks, set parameters, and be kind to yourself if you want to continue making an impact in your little corner of the world. ~ Cynthia Mendenhall

Happiness already exists in your life. All you need to do is tune into it. And you can start doing that right now. ~ Anthon St. Maarten

Being joy is about loving all of what is here. ~ Stephanie Filardi

The possibility of the dream is our joy. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

One of the cardinal rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and, without exception, pulls you away from where you want to be. ~ Richard Carlson

Self-acceptance is self-love in action. ~ Jodi Livon

Though there are no stars, no light but the souls in love will always shine so bright even in darkness. ~ Auliq Ice

Most of us discover early on that it's safer to hide behind prayers that can't be measured, petitions so nebulous they don't require intervention from God. ~ Margaret Feinberg

It's about time to see the downfall of the scorecards of who's right and who's wrong. At the end of the day, what's important is that you feel good. ~ Eve Evangelista

We live by choice and by necessity. We choose the mechanisms that are essential to ensure satisfaction of our baseline survival. What labor we willingly endure in order to meet our minimalistic subsistence requirements and what activities we elect to pursue in order to mollify our desire for living joyfully and attain self-realization defines our essential self's core personality. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Only the people who are rooted in the house of God will thrive, prosper, become rich and still have joy in every situation ~ Sunday Adelaja

We can decide to live in response to the abundance of God and not under the dictatorship of our own poor needs. ~ Eugene H. Peterson

My purpose is to translate the wisdom and science of mindfulness, compassion and positive psychology into practical language so we can live with more ease and joy. ~ Laurie J. Cameron

Is it more important for you to know what happened in the First World War or to memorize other significant dates in history, or is it more important to learn the strategies they used for optimum leadership, success and joyful living?
Don't you think schools need to teach the latter? ~ Maddy Malhotra

Contentment is indispensable joy. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

​If You have Chosen a Destination, You Must Find a Path. if You have Chosen a Path, You Must Find the Destination. You can Never Choose Both. ~ Vineet Raj Kapoor

Each moment is just that... a moment. Whether good or bad it will pass to the next. Forward to the next and create a wonderful life. ~ Gillian Duce

It is true, I never stop wanting to learn the hard eucharisteo for deathbeds and dark skies and the prodigal sons. But I accept this is the way to begin, and all hard things come in due time and with practice. Yet now wisps of cheese tell me gentle that this is the first secret step into euchaisteo's miracle. Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant - a seed - this plants the giant miracle. The miracle of eucharisteo, like the Last Supper, is in the eating of crumbs, the swallowing down one mouthful. Do not disdain the small. The whole of life - even the hard - is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. (Page 57) ~ Ann Voskamp

I've never seen a nation more quick at finding joy in a sad situation than the Irish at a funeral. ~ E.A. Bucchianeri

We only need to open our eyes to see the gifts that abound all around us. These are the simple joys in life. ~ Genevieve Gerard

Where your heart is, there lies your treasured home. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is a joyful journey to share your life with others. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Happiness is absolutely a feeling and a state of well-being, but the key to happiness is understanding that it is created through action. ~ Kristi Ling

In gratitude and joy, my heart sings better than ever in words I could. ~ Gillian Duce

I began to imagine how I would like to be living right at that moment. I wanted to be happy, curious, joyful – living every moment intensely, drinking the water of life thirstily. Believing again in my dreams. Able to fight for what I wanted. ~ Paulo Coelho

Don't wait to celebrate life until you retire, because you never know the day you will expire. ~ Maddy Malhotra

Joy is found in the simple and ordinary things of life: the smile of a newborn baby, the kiss from a sweet new puppy, and the warm sunshine on a spring day. ~ Marie Cornelio

The world is imperfect, but there are millions of perfect moments. ~ Priscilla Warner

Lord thank you for thy faithfulness. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Is there plenty of celebration in your life? How about your spiritual life? Is it an exercise in following rules and practices? Or does it look more like a joyous celebration? ~ Steve Goodier

The depth of my sorrow is the height of my joy. ~ Genevieve Gerard

I have made a personal decision NOT TO WORRY. This has tremendously contributed to my happiness!! ~ Sandra M. Michelle

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great sorrow ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Our most intense joy comes not from personal feats, but from helping other persons achieve their goals. We become suppler human beings when we find true joy in witnessing other people's successes and unabashedly share in their joyful accomplishments. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

It took so long to find you ... and now I don't want it to change. I want it all set in amber. I want us and nobody else in the most selfish way you can imagine. I can't help it
I'm old-fashioned. I believe marriage is between a man and a man. ~ Armistead Maupin

The awareness of God's greatness gives joy and inner peace. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We are divine. God is lives within us. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Joy melts away the frown from our faces, it takes away anxiety, worries and fears. ~ Euginia Herlihy

If you allow mosquitoes to disturb your sound sleep, you shall never be able to wake up healthy and sound enough to kill an Elephant ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts. ~ Satish Kumar

When you are in love, you always want to be with your lover. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Live your life without any fear. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My heart is filled with great joy.
I am so thankful to God for miraculously saving my life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Music; joy of the heart. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The Kite Charm

For A Life Filled with High-Flying Fun, Play with the Wonder of A Child ~ Viola Shipman

Would it not be well if the people of God had always tell-tale faces, evincing the blessings and gladness of salvation so clearly that unconverted people might have to call conversion "becoming joyful" instead of "becoming serious"? ~ Hudson Taylor

Abundant living is realizing that life is a privilege whether it's adhering to our scripts or not. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Do not give up on love. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

People notice the most beautiful dress every person can wear, ... a smile ~ Anne Stuart

Live is like a river in which you merge. When you struggle against the current, you suffer. When you flow with the current in a smooth and fluid experience, life becomes effortless and joyful. ~ Peggy Sealfon

Life is a daring adventure.I am enjoying every bit of the joyful journey. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

children spend their time for they think they have more time; adults cry over their time for they see they have less time ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

No one can make you happy other than yourself to choose people to make you happy. ~ Auliq Ice

Nature attunes children to receive the coded messages that parents issue how to live a joyful and virtuous life. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Keep seeking,keep believing and keep praying. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Always be of good cheer. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Grateful people generate a higher vibration, and a stronger energy because they run on love and awareness that life is a true gift. ~ Toni Sorenson

When we inhabit our own life - stop doing things based on the approval of others - we offload baggage and trade up to joy! ~ Laurie Buchanan

Do not be anxious and begin to pray. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Discomfort: the valley between the body and the soul. Comfort: the bridge between the body and the soul ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Understanding your life purpose is vital to joy and dynamic participation in the world. ~ Laurie Buchanan

Satan can't steal your joy unless you let him. ~ Sarah Beth Lindberg

You are a beautiful creation and were made like no one else. Your uniqueness is a pleasant gift you can give to the world if you are willing to define and live that out. And, it is the best gift you will ever give yourself. ~ Cynthia Mendenhall

A grateful heart is good medicine. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

How we perceive of the world around us determines the outcome of what it is we choose to see or not see ~ Christine Upton

Once you have life, there exists a hope. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The biology of emotional freedom depends on getting your endorphins flowing and turning off your stress hormones. How you achieve this? Laughter, exercise, meditation and doing anything that makes you loved. ~ Judith Orloff

Plant in tears, harvest with joy. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Happiness Is Not A Destination. Happiness Is A Decision.
Decide On The Reality You Want To Live! ~ Wesam Fawzi

Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it. ~ Zephyr Teachout

A joyful rebellion is you living differently not because you're mad at how things are but because you are swelling with joy at the thought of how things could be. When you joyfully rebel against your circumstances, against mediocrity or negativity, you invite others into something really beautiful. ~ Brad Montague

We live in a world of shadow and light, pain and joy. We spend our entire lives investigating the many possible patterns of human experience including interactions between humankind and nature and with one another. We must learn from our chronicles and assist future generations by living a fully engaged life attempting to ascertain how to live in an authentic and joyous manner. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Find peace within your soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Give joy, smiles, happiness, goodness and kindness to every person you meet. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We are the authors of the stories our soul unfolds. ~ Jodi Livon

We don't ask when people age out of singing, or eating ice cream; why would we stop making love? ~ Ashton Applewhite

Happiness is a great big hug, hugging us from the inside. allow yourself to feel its warmth and grace ~ Micheline Jean Louis

The beautiful fragrance of joy is breathtaking. ~ Marie Cornelio

Start the daily practice of joyful living. ~ Bryant McGill

Hope is what keeps the soul alive. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

How gracious to forgive the people who hurt you ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Joyful living is a healthy life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Because the same God who paints a rainbow across the sky after a rainstorm is the same One who can produce joy from our hardships. ~ Tessa Emily Hall

Love of the soul is happiness to the spirit. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness.
It's the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. ~ Amy Collette

Love is a spark of divinity. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Until you have bred dogs and have drawn and painted them, it is difficult to realize that no two are identical in conformation. You need do no more than gun for a day over two of them to recognize that each is an individual. It requires the intimacy of daily living with a dog to know the subtle quality of his mind, the ham-smell of his ears, and that his wet nose in your mouth tastes salty. ~ George Bird Evans

I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life. ~ Tenzing Norgay

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy. ~ Eve Curie

Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together. ~ Malcolm Turnbull

My philosophy is if living 'the good life' or 'sensually nourishing life' is not at the top of your priority list, you are letting your life pass you by. ~ Lebo Grand

I was living in Paris, which is a very beautiful, very wonderful place, but a tight place as a city, a tight place culturally. Its people are very brilliant, thoughtful, the place functions, but it's a historical place in some ways, like a big museum. ~ Nicolas Berggruen

You don't live life. You act it. ~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips

He was smiling! That was it; her actual sunrise. It lit the candles of answers to every query of her life.
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Having wings is one thing and flying another. Having eyes is one thing and dreaming another. Having a heart is one thing and falling in love, quite another.
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Destiny is the root of all limitations and a dream is the seed for all liberations.
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By the way, is it darkness that gives light an identity or is it the other way round?
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If life is divided into two parts, then one part is definitely about living it and the other, about missing the moments lived.
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How can I comfort anyone with words of hope when I am myself empty of it?
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It might all sound bizarre to you because I am sharing my thoughts for her only today but believe me something happened from the first time I saw her. Something did happen. The air (or what was it?) told me she was mine though I was a little apprehensive to accept the fact then but now, I think I am in love. No, I know I am in love for the first time in my life. (Ritwika was just a crush). It's crazy, I know. It's only been few weeks that I first saw her. I haven't even talked to her till now. But does that really matter?
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What the fuck is it with first love? So many ifs and buts. Damn!
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Seriously I do have something to tell God: It's tough to be God, I know, but mind you it's tougher to be human in this crazy fucking world of yours.
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No one asked me ~ Novoneel Chakraborty

The wife he had first chosen had dressed drably: from silence and inflexious--more than from words--he learned that now. Her grey hair straggled to her shoulders, her back was a little humped. He poked his way about, and they were two old people when they went out on their rounds, older than they were in their ageless happiness. She wouldn't have hurt a fly, she wasn't a person you could be jealous of, yet of course it was hard on a new wife to be haunted by happiness, to be challenged by the simplicities there had been. He had given himself to two women; he hadn't withdrawn from the first, he didn't from the second.
Each house that contained a piano brought forth its contradictions. The pearls old Mrs. Putrill wore were opals, the pallid skin of the stationer in Kiliath was freckled, the two lines of oaks above Oghill were surely beeches? 'Of course, of course,' Owen Dromgould agreed, since it was fair that he should do so. Belle could not be blamed for making her claim, and claims could not be made without damage or destruction. Belle would win in the end because the living always do. And that seemed fair also, since Violet had won in the beginning, and had had the better years."

--"The Piano Tuner's Wives ~ William Trevor

He'll never be able to hide his feelings for you when he sees you. That's the thing with enduring love. It can stay buried, you can deny it, but once you are near that person, those feelings pull you together like a magnetic bond. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

You have the right to believe anything you want and any religion you want. You do not have the right to hurt, harm, punish, enslave, discriminate, torment, torture, or kill any human being or any living thing in any way, shape, or form. Everyone has the right to live, the right to think, and the right to enjoy the beauty and happiness of life without being harmed or harming others. ~ Debasish Mridha

When the one you love is in love with someone else, don't you know it's torture, I mean it's living hell. ~ Rod Stewart

I think joy is just as instructive as pain, and I like it better. I never meant to suffer any more than I could help; my nature was meant for happiness, a daylight art and living. ~ Katherine Anne Porter