Joy and Happiness

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown

“He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” – Aristotle

“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert Heinlein

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig

“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” – Storm Jameson

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cain

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.” – Marcel Pagnol

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” – Robert A. Heinlein

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

“There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Joy is increased by spreading it to others.” – Robert Murray McCheyne

“Joy delights in Joy.” – William Shakespeare

“When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness… all the good things.” – Maya Angelou

“Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.” – Proverb

“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” – Dale Carnegie

“One joy shatters a hundred griefs.” – Chinese Proverb

“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.” – Hellen Keller

1 Comment

  1. Bioh Johnson said,

    February 26, 2011 at 8:08 am

    i;m a final yr. linquistics student of University of Education, Ghana i ve really have about the way you vividily arranged the wd. to denote the idea.


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