Quotes Tagged "joy-of-life"

That’s the thing about love It can take you up to the mountaintop and can drop you And the impact will either kill you or make you a new person

Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.

It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it.

The world seems to want us to be sad and angry because bad things frequently happen. But I say we should feel the opposite. We should be happy and cheerful because good things happen. We should be delighted to see the sun rise and stars glow and rainbows color stormy skies. We should savor every simple breath and eat each meal with gratitude. We should slumber in sweet dreams and relish moments of laughter and love. We should take more notice of the joys and kindnesses that do exist, still dictating the actions of millions of good people all over the world. Life is filled with pleasant moments, not just grief. We should be happy because this is true.

I would simply like to reclaim an old and, alas, quite unfashionable private formula: Moderate enjoyment is double enjoyment. And: Do not overlook the little joys!

Like the waves of the ocean that have an insatiable desire to kiss the shore, so the heart has an insatiable craving for love and the joy of life.

A flower is there to bloom and make the earth beautiful and full of the joy of life.

I am too busy creating my ocean of love and feeling the joy of life to have time to complain.

You are only limited by your philosophies.

Joy is finding the holy in the small and the sacred in the everyday.