(1431 quotes found)
“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself”
Mahatma Gandhi
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”
Richard Bach
“Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
Karl Barth
“A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy”
Chinese Proverbs
“Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!”
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”
Emily Dickinson
“Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.”
Swedish Proverb
