Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.
William Blake

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
William Blake

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
William Blake

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
William Blake

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
John Calvin

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
P. J. O'Rourke

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
Thomas Merton

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
John Keats

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.
Lord Byron

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
Lord Byron

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
Lord Byron

There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.
Soren Kierkegaard

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Joy, has no cost.
Marianne Williamson

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Marianne Williamson

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Vincent Van Gogh

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
Charles R. Swindoll

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery