Zadie Smith

If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did, exactly because it proves such a difficult emotion to manage.

British Novelist

Thich Nhat Hanh

Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy.

Vietnamese Clergyman

Katie Holmes

Definitely trust yourself. Work hard. Be honest with yourself. And life can be joyful. It is joyful. Just give it your all, and it's all going to work out.

American Actress

Julia Roberts

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

Joseph Campbell

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

American Author

James Lane Allen

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

James Allen

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

British Author

Greg Boyle

If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it.

American Clergyman

Jeannette Walls

I have a joyful life, and I attribute that to both of my parents.

American Writer

Kimberly Elise

I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.

'Joyful' often suggests a deeper, more intense happiness than simply being 'happy'.

Emotional Intensity

'Joyful' can imply a temporary burst of happiness rather than a long-term state.

Duration of Feeling

Use 'joyful' in contexts involving special events or occasions that evoke strong happiness.

Suitable Occasions

'Joyful' implies an active display of happiness, like smiling, laughing, or a positive attitude.

Active Qualities

As an adjective, 'joyful' may not indicate permanence but rather moments or periods of joy.

Lifespan of Emotion

'Joyful' elevates a mood beyond ordinary happiness, suggesting an added vibrancy or energy.

Elevated Mood

 you're going to notice there's something much deeper going on. I've collected thousands of these stories from people all around the world, and I can tell you it's amazing, because when people recount the memories in which they had the most fun, they tell you about some of the most joyful and treasured memories of their lives.

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 didn't develop these techniques to just manage stress or lower your blood pressure or unclog your arteries, even though it can do all those things. They're powerful tools for transformation, for quieting down our mind and bodies to allow us to experience what it feels like to be happy, to be peaceful, to be joyful

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 What we need is a networking of smaller groups, smaller and smaller groups who know one another, who interact with one another, and that is a grateful world. A grateful world is a world of joyful people. Grateful people are joyful people,

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 and very joyful that we have her we've gone from a place where we didn't think we would have our daughter with us very long and trying to make every minute count so now we feel like we have prolonged her life that there is an

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 As soon as the youth arrived at the palace, he locked eyes with the princess. The two felt destined for each other. And when the queen read that the king approved this union, she joyfully organized a whirlwind wedding.

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 Be a passionate perspective taker. And if you use those tools -- and each and every one of you can use these tools -- you will expand your range of acceptable behavior, and your days will be mostly joyful. Thank you.

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 unequivocably and joyfully that the real opportunities today lie in these freaky marginal areas were areas where you've never looked the dusty corners of the world that is where you should be

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 because these are the experiences that mark us and make us just as much as the joyful ones. And just as permanently. Long after you get your last sympathy card or your last hot dish.

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 And in the course of that, I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I'm here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life

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 that's so joyful to see all of them again coming back together