100 Short Joy Quotes About Happiness

One of our goals should be to share happiness and joy whenever we get the chance, so we have put together a list of all the best short joy quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short funny joy sayings, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

Short Joy Quotes

“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” – Roy T. Bennett

“We need joy as we need air.” —Maya Angelou

“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.” —Chris McCandless

“True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.” —Paul Pearsall

“Do good, live in the most positive and joyful way possible every day.” – Roy T. Bennett

“A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.” – Madeleine L’Engle

“He who laughs, lasts!” – Mary Pettibone Poole

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey

“To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” —Mark Twain

“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi

“Remember this: very little is needed to make a happy life.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Just follow your joy. Always.” —Jonathan Groff

“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.” – Jake Owen

“Good things happen when you go for it.” — Alan Webb

“The joy that isn’t shared dies young.” —Anne Sexton

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

“Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured.” —Willard Gaylin

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” — Winston Churchill

“Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.” —Morgan Freeman

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose.” —Henri Nouwen

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

“The soul’s joy lies in doing.” —Percy Bysshe Shelley

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” —Oscar Wilde

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

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” —Oscar Wilde

“Deep joy is both the ground of love and the surest source of strength to persevere.” —Robert Ellwood

“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” — Zig Ziglar

“A smile is the beauty of the soul.¨- Lailah Gifty Akita

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge

“If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” —Carlos Santana

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”—Roald Dahl

“The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I’m interested in happiness.” —Ruth Reichl

“People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It’s really important.” – Kirsty Coventry

“Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing.” —Robert Louis Stevenson

“When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy

“Happiness is not out there; it’s in you.” — Anonymous

“Happiness is not a goal… it’s a byproduct of a life well lived.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy

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

“Happiness is not a thing—it is a feeling; a way of joyful living and being.” —Rasheed Ogunlaru

“A positive attitude awakens inner strength, energy, motivation, and initiative.” – Remez Sasson

“Find joy in everything you choose to do.” —Chuck Palahniuk

“The only joy in the world is to begin.” —Cesare Pavese

“Pain is short, and joy is eternal.” —Friedrich Schiller

“Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do.” —Eckhart Tolle

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” – William Thackeray

“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” — Roy T. Bennett

“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama

“When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.” — Anonymous

“Just for today, smile a little more.” — James A. Murphy

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney

“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.” —Albert Einstein

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

“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” —Karl Barth

“Let your joy be in your journey—not in some distant goal.” —Tim Cook

“Keep walking and keep smiling.” — Tiny Tim

“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams.” – Israelmore Ayivor

“Choose to be optimistic; it feels better.” — Dalai Lama

“Happiness is not by chance but by choice.” — Jim Rohn

“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.” – W.C. Fields

“Joy is the happiness of love—love aware of its own inner happiness.” —Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks

“Smile at the obstacle, for it is a bridge.” – Medusa

“Nothing shakes the smiling heart.” – Santosh Kalwar

“When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom.” —Marianne Williamson

“Joy bursts in our lives when we go about doing the good at hand.” —C.S. Lewis

“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson

“Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive.” —Jim Thompson

“Spread love everywhere you go.” — Mother Teresa

“The good vibes are contagious.” — Alan Cohen

“Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another.” —John Wooden

“After the rain, the sun will reappear. After the pain, the joy will still be here.” —Walt Disney

“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.” – Herman Melville

“Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.” —Oswald Chambers

“Of all the medicines in the inner life, a smile is by far the best medicine.” – Sri Chinmoy

“We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we are happy because we laugh.” – William James

“Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life.” —Rollo May

“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” –  Thich Nhat Hanh

“Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.” —Willard Gaylin

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.¨- Phyllis Diller

“Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” — Sam Sundquist

“You’re only as happy as you decide to be.” — Abraham Lincoln

“The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable.” —Gabrielle Roy

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou

“Be simple enough to feel the true joy of life.” —Debasish Mridha

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.” —John Templeton

“Joy comes to us in moments—ordinary moments.” —Brené Brown

“Positive energy knows no boundaries.” – Lu Wei

“Where our work is, there let our joy be.” —Tertullian

“Joy is the faith that things may not be perfect yet.” —Sarah Rajkotwala

“Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself.” —Norman Vincent Peale

“True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.” —Paul Pearsall

“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey

“The best way to find joy is to give it to others.” —Robert G. Ingersoll

“Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” —Greg Anderson

“Happiness is not a goal… it’s a byproduct of a life well lived.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” —Abraham Lincoln

“A smile is the universal welcome.” – Max Eastman

“A joy shared is a joy doubled.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” —Joseph Campbell

So that is it for our list of Short Joy Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Uplifting Quotes, Happy Sayings, Thank You Messages for Him and Good Morning Messages for Him.