Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

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Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.