127 Inspirational Joy Quotes to lead a happy life

When you do something that gives you a feeling of happiness and with which you are satisfied, that is the joy of your life. The importance of joy is that you can do a particular work for a long time with joy. If you do not enjoy what you are doing, then you cannot do that work for long. Here are some inspirational joy quotes that will help you to live your life joyfully with a happy mindset.

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Inspiring joy quotes

1. “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ― Nicolas Chamfort

2. “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ― Rumi

3. “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” ― Christopher McCandless

4. “There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” ― Henry Ford

5. “If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation, and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows.” ― Mother Teresa

6. “This universe was created for joy and happiness. You are born to be happy. Your happiness ultimately makes this universe joyful. Blooming flowers, singing birds, and smiling people fill this universe with joy.” ― Debasish Mridha

7. “Love is a flower that grows in the garden of mind if we treat it with kindness, compassion, and joy.” ― Debasish Mridha

Short Inspirational Joy Quotes

8. “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

9. “Beauty is whatever gives joy. Edna St.” ― Vincent Millay

10. “Comparison is the death of joy.” ― Mark Twain

11. “Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.” ― Thomas Mann

12. “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

13. “I really try to enjoy life and have joy in what I do.” ― Tim Tebow

14. “Joy is strength.” ― Mother Teresa

15. “The grace of joyful living gives strength to the bones.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

16. “Joyful living is a healthy life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

17. “Joyful gratitude creates a happy life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

18. “Life is singing with joy when you’re smiling.” ― Debasish Mridha

19. “Teach a child to love his world deeply so that he may find the beauty and joy of life.” ― Debasish Mridha

Simple joy quotes

20. “If I can see the pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see the joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.” ― Santosh Kalwar

21. “A flower blossoms for its own joy.” ― Oscar Wilde

22. “To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.” ― Pearl S. Buck

23. “Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, and feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.” ― Maria Montessori

24. “You don’t have to be bitter in life. Focus on the beauty of life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

25. “Cultivate blessing. Bless yourself. Bless the whole world. Let it be full of love, peace, joy, and happiness.” ― Amit Ray

26. “It is deep winter with shivering cold air, but my heart is dancing with joy and spring flowers.” ― Debasish Mridha

27. “The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures but in the simple joys.” ― Jonathan Lockwood Huie

28. “Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.” ― Helen Keller

Jump for joy quotes

29. “When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.” ― Stanislaw J. Lec

30. “When you are joyful when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.” ― Shannon L. Alder

31. “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” ― Marianne Williamson

32. “Renew your mind every morning with pure thoughts.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

33. “Life is magical for those whose hearts are loving, minds are full with joy, and eyes that are dancing with beauty.” ― Debasish Mridha

34. “Let your heart dance with joy and express that joy with your magical smile.” ― Debasish Mridha

Love and joy quotes

35. “I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” ― Charles R. Swindoll

36. “When you feel someone else’s pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.” ― Ann Brashares

37. “Love doesn’t make the world go ’round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” ― Shannon Alder

38. “A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.” ― Mother Teresa

39. “Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.” ― Plato

40. “The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” ― Pearl Bailey

41. “Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy.” ― Debasish Mridha

42. “Love life. Live your life with joy so you may fill the world with joy. Let no one leave your presence without feeling the joy of life.” ― Debasish Mridha

Inspirational Peace and joy quotes

43. “Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.” ― Jonathan Sacks

44. “Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine, It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.” ― Menachem Begin

45. “A peaceful mind is the source of all joy and all happiness.” ― Debasish Mridha

46. “Act for the joy and beauty of action not for the fruits of creation.” ― Debasish Mridha

47. “Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos.” ― Debasish Mridha

48. “Inner calmness and peace are more important that outer joy.” ― Debasish Mridha

49. “Learn to bring peace into life to still the chaos. Accentuate the joy of your heart, experiencing a life of bliss.” ― Steven Redhead

Spiritual joy quotes

50. “Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.” ― Thomas Aquinas

51. “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” ― Buddha

52. “If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal at any moment.” ― Carlos Santana

53. “When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” ― Tecumseh

54. “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ― Karl Barth

55. “Joy is prayer, joy is strength, joy is love, joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” ― Mother Teresa

Pockets of joy quotes

56. “You have to create little pockets of joy in your life to take care of yourself.” ― Jonathan Van Ness

57. “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” ― Marianne Williamson

58. “Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.” ― Sharon Draper

59. “It is a great joy to open a new path; and then, it is a greater joy to see new people on this new path; but the greatest joy is to see the new people opening many more brand new paths via this new path!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

Choosing joy quotes

60. “Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens” ― Tony DeLiso

61. “The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.” ― Pearl S. Buck

62. “Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal.” ― Tim Cook

63. “Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.” ― Roy T. Bennett

64. “Joy came always after pain.” ― Guillaume Apollinaire

65. “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen

66. “The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.” ― Bryant McGill

67. “Let love bloom like a flower with the fragrance of the garden of your heart filled with beauty, joy, and happiness.” ― Debasish Mridha

68. “Living in the present moment is the recurring baptism of the soul, forever purifying every new day with a new you.” ― Alaric Hutchinson

69. “Positive thoughts are a source of joy, love, and an indication of our alignment with the source. Negative thoughts create disharmony in our body for example depression, fear, and aggression indicate misalignment with the source.” ― Hina Hashmi

Inspirational Joy quotes from the Bible

70. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness.” ― Galatians 5:22

71. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” ― James 1:2

72. “He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth.” ― Luke 1:14

73. “It gave me great joy to have some believers come and testify to your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.” ― 3 John 1:3

74. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ― Romans 15:13

75. “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” ― 3 John 1:4

76. “It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.” ― 2 John 1:4

77. “Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.” ― 2 Timothy 1:4

78. “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” ― Psalms 16:11

79. “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” ― John 15:11

80. “A psalm. For giving grateful praise. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.” ― Psalms 100:1

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Finding joy quotes

81. “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” ― Joseph Campbell

82. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” ― Greg Anderson

83. “Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it or change it.” ― Chuck Palahniuk

84. “The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I’m interested in happiness.” ― Ruth Reichl

85. “You will find joy in everyday life with a heart of thankfulness.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

86. “Surprise yourself every day with the power of your love. Love endlessly and care profoundly to feel the joy of life deeply.” ― Debasish Mridha

87. “Always have joy in your life by pursuing your bliss.” ― Steven Redhead

88. “The quality of your thoughts and the state of your mind will define how happy you are as a person. Happiness in your life comes from the way you think!” ― Sanchita Pandey

89. “Build your home in small moments of joy, and you will always feel at home.” ― Charlotte Eriksson

90. “We can’t choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs we’re given.” ― Paulo Coelho

91. “Close your eyes. Now see the world with your mind, and feel the joy of your magnificent life.” ― Debasish Mridha

92. “Life will not last forever. Enjoy its beauty and joy while you are here.” ― Debasish Mridha

Happiness and joy quotes

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

94. “Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” ― Kevyn Aucoin

95. “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

96. “Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” ― Helen Keller

97. “Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling.” ― Tony DeLiso

98. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

99. “True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest for creating things new.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupery

100. “The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.” ― Sadhguru

101. “Life is so precious! Live with love, joy, happiness, and abundance.” ― Debasish Mridha

Pure joy quotes

102. “I slept and dreamt that life was a joy, I awoke and saw that life was service,I acted and behold, service was a joy.” ― Rabindranath Tagore

103. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness.” ― John Keats

104. “Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.” ― Lao Tzu

105. “There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.” ― Aeschylus

106. “When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.” ― Maxim Gorky

107. “A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dares live.” ― Bertrand Russell

108. “Enjoy this moment. This moment is your precious life.” ― Debasish Mridha

109. “May the flowers of spring bring beauty and joy to your world every day.” ― Debasish Mridha

110. “The ultimate purpose of life is to live it with profound love, joy, and happiness.” ― Debasish Mridha

111. “Don’t wait for a reason to feel the joy. Life is for joy.” ― Debasish Mridha

112. “Every morning is a big, bright, window that opens just for you to fill your life with the light of joy.” ― Debasish Mridha

113. “If your joy of life depends on something or someone, then you are not enjoying your life. You are enjoying the person or the thing.” ― Debasish Mridha

The joy of giving quotes

114. “Inspire others without expecting anything in return. True joy is in giving.” ― Debasish Mridha

115. “Be purpose-oriented and remember that the ultimate source of joy is in giving; the ultimate purpose of life is happiness.” ― Debasish Mridha

116. “A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.” ― Mother Teresa

117. “Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

118. “You were given your gift for the joy you may give in return.” ― Cornelius Elmore Addison

119. “If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.” ― Mary Oliver

The joy of sharing quotes

120. “Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.” ― R.A. Salvatore

121. “All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born in a Twin.” ― Lord Byron

122. “If I can see the pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see the joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.” ― Santosh Kalwar

123. “To have joy, one must share it.” ― Lord Byron

124. “Create. Not for the money, Not for the fame, Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.” ― Ernest Barbaric

125. “The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.” ― Audre Lorde

126. “You can share in my joy, but I don’t want to share my misery. No, I want to give away my misery. Go ahead, take it all.” ― Jarod Kintz

127. “Find my hand in the darkness, intertwined you will be the day to my night. We can share wings and take flight towards our own inner light.” ― Truth Devour

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