Joy quotes
4.5K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside joy — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I think one of the great joys of being a writer is you can transcend everything, even your own sex, what century you live in, and how you think. I found it quite natural to think as a male because I actually think that as a female, one often thinks in the mind of a male in terms of eroticism. You think about what the other person feels. So it's not that hard to imagine being that person."
"The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought."
"I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing."
"Things. Cosas. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the primordial joy of being unencumbered upon the land."
"If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you're curious, nothing is a chore; it's automatic - you want to study. Cultivate curiosity, and life becomes an unending study of joy."
"Lizzie Harris's debut collection, Stop Wanting, crafts images and lines of such arresting splendor that I am very often driven to joy at the feats of beauty and healing that language is capable of bringing into being."
"A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself."
"Home joys are blessed of heaven."
"That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!"
"Taking a job for the cash is not as important as taking a job for the joy."
"What joy is better than the news of friends?"
"Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy."
"Sing, riding 's a joy! For me I ride."
"The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead."
"The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent."
"When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live."
"Joy is never tomorrow it's always now!"
"The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now."
"What we call our joy, God calls our perfection. Each human being has come into the world with the message of perfection. Each human being will one day realize the highest Truth. Each human being is destined to be fulfilled. It is the birthright of our soul."
"What is joy? It is a bird That we all want to catch. It is the same bird That we all love to see flying."
