MY TOP 20 FAVORITE QUOTES ON JOY - WHY I CHOOSE JOY

These are my top 20 favorite quotes on joy. These quotes continually inspire me to chose joy everyday.

MY TOP 20 JOY QUOTES

1. " The root of joy is gratefulness." - David Steindl-Rast

2. " Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that.” - Bob Goff

3. " Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. - Henri Nouwen"

4. " Joy is untouched by circumstance.” Anonymous

5. " A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love." - Mother Teresa

6. " Joy is the serious business of Heaven." - C.S. Lewis

7. " We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."- Helen Keller

8. " When the heart is full of joy, it always allows its joy to escape. It is like the fountain in the marketplace; whenever it is full it runs away in streams, and so soon as it ceases to overflow, you may be quite sure that it has ceased to be full. The only full heart is the overflowing heart." - Charles Spurgeon

9. " Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition." - Dwight L Moody

10. " It is not Joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful." - Anonymous

11. " To get the full value of Joy you must have someone to divide it with" - Mark Twain

12. " Joy is a decision a really brave one, about how you are going to respond to life." Wess Stafford

13. " Joy is the simplest form of gratitude." - Karl Barth

14. "When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have." - David Jeremiah

15. "Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest." - Max Lucado

16. "Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch." - Max Lucado

17. "Darkness is not a force it is merely the absence of light. Observe that when a light

18. is brought to a dark place, the darkness disappears. Sadness is similar when joy is brought to suffering, the sadness disappears."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

19. "I choose joy… I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical… the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God." -  Max Lucado

20. "Comparison is the thief of joy." Theodore Roosevelt

Why is joy so important in our lives? This post is a summary of my top 20 best joy quotes. I believe that quotes like these help us to think critically and reflect on what we believe. Knowing what we believe is a very important step in learning to choose joy. We must first know what we believe joy is before we can choose it in our daily lives.

 JOY IS SO IMPORTANT IN LIFE

I believe that learning to choose Joy is so important in our lives. My hope is that these 20 quotes help inspire and encourage you to continue to seek joy. When you live your life looking for joy in the journey you will discover that joy leads to more contentment and peace in your life.

20 best joy quotes