Experiencing joy is a beautiful thing that we all crave. It lights up our faces with a smile, it makes us feel connected to the world around us, and it often motivates us to achieve our goals.

Through the ages, wise minds have offered thoughtful perspectives on joy – 100 of which are collected here!

Come explore what it means to celebrate in a joyous way, see reflections on how we can make the most of our happiness, and learn about how to hold onto those joyful moments when life’s struggles weigh us down.

Here’s to feel the weightlessness of joy!

1. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. -Joseph Campbell
2. A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. -Mother Teresa
3. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. -Albert Einstein
4. Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life. -R.A. Salvatore
5. Happiness is an untested delight. Joy is delight tested. -Jack Hyles
6. Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it’s meant to take you. -Jonathan Groff
7. If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere. -Billy Sunday
8. Joy is the serious business of Heaven. -C.S. Lewis
9. To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. -Mark Twain
10.  The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life. -Francis Chan
11. Deep joy is both the ground of love and the surest source of strength to persevere in the course of compassion – even when trials abound, as they often will. -Robert Ellwood
12. Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. -Jack Canfield
13. Joy is not in things; it is in us. -Richard Wagner
14. Find joy in the ordinary. -Max Lucado
15. Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. -Joseph Campbell
16. Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. -Thich Nhat Hanh
17.  There is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ. -William Barclay
18. Joy and positive thinking are powerful tools for living well. -Cyndie Spiegel
19. 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
20. Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing – sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death – can take that love away. -Henri Nouwen
21. Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. -Nhat Hanh
22. Cheer up, keep your spirits high, things are bound to get better! -Anne Frank
23. The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks. -Matthew Henry
24. Pray for your ability to share your joy with others and be a light in this world. -Kathryn Shirey
25. The purpose of our lives is to be happy. -Dalai Lama
26. Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself. -Mahatma Gandhi
27. Find joy in the journey. -Anonymous
28. Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
29. If the life of Christ is flowing through us, the water from the Rock turning the wheel, as it flows into the heart, it will fill us with joy; and if so, we cannot contain it, it must flow out. -G.V. Wigram
30. We have God’s joy in our blood. -Frederick Buechner
31. Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself. -Mahatma Gandhi
32. The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I’m interested in happiness. -Ruth Reichl
33. To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it, with. -Mark Twain
34. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. -Buddha
35. Joy is not in things; it is in us. -Richard Wagner
36. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
37. No one can get Joy by merely asking for it. It is one of the ripest fruits of the Christian life, and, like all fruits, must be grown. -Henry Drummond
38. A joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together. -Brene Brown
39. To be joyful is a principle. It doesn’t change with emotions. Joy is inner contentment despite all the circumstances. -Richard Daly
40. There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton
41. Sorrow does not take away, but adds to the Christian’s joy. -Lester Roloff
42. If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment. -Carlos Santana
43. Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. -Mother Teresa
44. Sorrow does not take away, but adds to the Christian’s joy. -Lester Roloff
45. The joy that isn’t shared dies young. -Anne Sexton
46. In the long run, there can be no joy for anybody until there is joy finally for us all. -Frederick Buechner
47. The healthiest response to life is joy. -Mark Twain
48. Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. -Leo Buscaglia
49. Joy is the most real reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy. -Ann Voskamp
50. A joy that’s shared is a joy made double. -Unknown
51. I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. -Arthur Rubinstein
52.  Find joy in the ordinary. –Max Lucado
53. Joy is not the absence of darkness. Joy is confident that the darkness will lift. -Rebekah Lyons
54. Do good, and live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day. -Roy T. Bennett
55. The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting. -C.S. Lewis
56. Joy is an intermezzo of gratitude that interrupts the routine motion of life. -Lewis B. Smedes
57. There is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ. -William Barclay
58. Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it or change it. -Chuck Palahniuk
59. Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. -Marianne Williamson
60. The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy. -Jim Rohn
61. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. -Khalil Gibran
62. Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment. -Tony Robbins
63. We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy. -Goldie Hawn
64. Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. -Joseph Campbell
65. There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere and leaving it behind them when they go. -Frederick William Faber
66. Look for the joy in your life; it’s not always easy to find. -Charles Kuralt
67. Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn
68. When the heart is full of joy, it always allows its joy to escape. It is like the fountain in the marketplace; whenever it is full it runs away in streams, and so soon as it ceases to overflow, you may be quite sure that it has ceased to be full. The only full heart is the overflowing heart. -Charles Spurgeon
69. Beauty is whatever gives joy. Edna St. -Vincent Millay
70. Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open. -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
71. Find out what gives you joy and do it. -Anonymous
72. Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal. -Tim Cook
73. We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. -Helen Keller
74. Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God. -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
75. I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. -Tagore
76. The only lasting and fully satisfying joys for any man lies on the other side of a cross.
77. Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. -Walter J. Chantry
78. The Word of God is the source of man’s strength, wisdom, and joy. -Karl Barth
79. Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. -Janet Fuller
80. Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. -Helen Keller
81. If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere. -Plato
82. The only lasting and fully satisfying joys for any man lie on the other side of a cross. -Billy Sunday
83. If you want to lift somebody else up, lift up yourself. -Walter J. Chantry
84. Comparison is the death of joy. -Booker T. Washington
85. You will find joy in overcoming obstacles. -Mark Twain
86. Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. -Helen Keller
87. Do good, and live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day. -Marianne Williamson
88. The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. -Roy T. Bennett
89. The soul’s joy lies in doing. -Julian of Norwich
90. Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained. -Percy Bysshe Shelley
91. He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy, But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sunrise. -Terry Pratchett
92. To find joy in another’s a joy that is the secret of happiness. -William Blake
93. Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. -George Bernanos
94. Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it or change it. -Kevin Kruse
95. Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life. -Chuck Palahniuk
96. God doesn’t “just” want you to be happy; he wants you to be holy as he is holy and to find true, lasting joy in him. -Alexander MacLaren
97. Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life. -Jared C. Wilson
98. When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. -R.A. Salvatore, Exile
99. Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. -Rumi
100. If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment. -Pierre de Chardin

After reading through these 100 quotes about joy and what it means to live in the moment, it’s hard not to be filled with a sense of elation. Joy isn’t something that comes easily, rather it is something we must strive for by smiling and holding onto the things we love.

Although joy might take different forms for everyone – from always keeping a positive attitude to having an open heart – whatever way you choose to cultivate joy in your life, know that it exists within all of us if we just look for it.

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