Choose Joy Quotes

“When I drop my kids off at school in the morning, I often frame my farewells with an emphasis on their responsibility to look for the good. Instead of saying, "Have a great day!" I'll say, "Choose to make it a great day!" Because I do believe it is a choice. We've all met people who seem to have it all and yet are completely miserable. And then we've met people who have next to nothing, have weathered many trials, and lost so much, yet carry themselves with such lightness. There's a Croatian saying that goes "Svako je kocač svoje sreće." It means "Everyone is a blacksmith of their joy." We should make an effort to create happiness in our lives instead of blaming our unhappiness on everyone else and everything else.”
― Kristina Kuzmic, Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

“During the darkest times, not only is it possible to feel joy, it is your duty to embrace it fully, to share it far and wide, and to never lose hope that joy, along with compassion and love, will win in the end.”
― Kim Fay, Kate & Frida

“Depth, not speed, is the truest measure of a balanced life.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“Joy is rooted in gratitude. You cannot have a joyful heart without having a grateful heart.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“Loving a moment doesn't remove the pain, but it does make room for joy.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“Nothing has to be funny. Sometimes I just laugh to heal my soul.”
― TemitOpe Ibrahim

“You have the power to choose bliss.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“People are dying to be listened to. People are dying to be able to pour out their hearts and not be judged, not be told they're crazy, not be told their feelings don't matter.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“We exist in a co-created reality in which we cannot always choose all our circumstances. But how we think and feel about a given situation is always our choice.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“Peace on earth:
It begins within ourselves.
It is a decision that must be made by us, again and again.

Am I trying to be "right" or loving?

Am I feeding the fear or the vision of happiness?

It is so infinitely easy to be led into the hell of the internal war by your doubts and real experiences. But I don't have to do it.

I can choose to open my fists!
I can choose instead to focus on my dreams; visions of kindness, understanding, compassion and loving joy.”
― Elke Heinrich

“Nothing has to be funny, sometimes I just laugh to unclog my soul.”
― TemitOpe Ibrahim

“When trust in God grows, joy has the freedom to grow as ell. We cannot have joy and worry at the same time ... when you're worrying, you're not trusting. And when you're trusting, you're not worrying.”
― Kay Warren

“A fundamental part of expressing trust in God is learning how to gaze at him and only glance at our problems.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“We were made to live for ever. Something deep inside us calls out for what was lost, so we keep reaching for it, keep trying to find that perfection our souls long for. So it's not wrong to long for perfection; it's just wrong to expect it on earth. It isn't found here.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“The antidote to perfectionism is acceptance - acceptance of our earthly imperfections because we are focused on the day when imperfection will be no more.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“Control the controllables and leave the uncontrollables to God.”
― Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

“Today choose to value your peace over anything or anyone who tries to disturb it.”
― Germany Kent

“Happiness is an outward expression of what is inside us and depends on our circumstances. Joy comes from changing what is inside us to see goodness in situations, no matter the circumstance.”
― Heidi Gray McGill

“When people are rude to you, smile and choose not to react. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace. As you do that, you take their power away.”
― Germany Kent

“I can choose my focus!
I can choose whether to look at what feels awful, what terrifies me, or robs me of hope. or to what builds me up, delights, makes me happy and giggle.
This is all I need to know to have a wonderful day, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow.”
― Elke Heinrich

“The biggest reason for choosing happiness is that there is no reason to choose bitterness.”
― Nitin Namdeo

“Life is like a puzzle – I operate within my surroundings and certain rules, but I get to choose the picture of my essence and my life that the puzzle is becoming. And I choose love, joy, and peace.”
― Emilyann Allen (Girdner)