21 Uplifting Quotes to Spark Joy in Your Day

Need a daily boost of joy? You’re in the right place! Morning, noon, or evening, quotes can lift your mood and inspire joy.

Each morning, decide on a scale of 1 – 10 how much joy do you want in your day. Yes, joy really is your choice!

Let’s get to the quotes that will make you smile, uplift your mood, and help you fill your life with joy.

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

“Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.” ~Chuck Palahniuk

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ~Nhat Hanh

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ~ C.S. Lewis

A flower blossoms for its own joy. ~ Oscar Wilde

“I don’t fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.” ~ Louise Hay

“Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of Joy in our soul.” ~ Amy Collette

“Don’t let anyone steal your joy today!” ~Unknown

“They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. ~ Mother Teresa

Feel the feeling but don’t become the emotion. See it. Allow it. Release it.

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

“You can have anything you want, once you give up the belief that you can’t have it.” ~ Bashar

“Go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is.” ~ Kushandwizdom

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

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“To do two things at once is to do neither.” ~ Publius Syrus

“The opposite of play is not work, it’s depression.” ~ Stuart Brown

“Feel the fear and do it anyway!” ~ Susan Jeffers

“Happiness is not something you get in life. Happiness is something you bring to life.” ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer

“When you do things from your SOUL, you feel a river moving in you, a JOY.” ~ Rumi

That was 21 quotes, but here are three extra quotes just to maximize your joy…

“Once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” ~ Germany Kent

“If forgiveness is medicine for the soul, then gratitude is vitamins.” ~Steve Maraboli

“Happiness is there for the taking – and making.” ~ Oprah