Billy Graham Quotes

True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy. This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.

No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.

Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can't see and doesn't know anything about.

Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.

Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.

Go for the sense of inner joy and peace then all outside things appear.

Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.

No matter what comes your way, don't lose your joy.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.

People can be happy while they are going through great pain and adversity. There's no pleasure evident in their external lives yet they are content on the inside. And conversely, tons of people are surrounded by pleasure (fast cars, nice homes, great clothes) but there is no joy within. So choose to be happy.

Joy is not dependent upon outward circumstances. Joy is something that we can have under all circumstances when we are sad or happy. Outward circumstances are always neutral. They seem to be happy or sad according to the happy or sad attitudes of the mind.

It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.

Those who run after happiness will never be happy. Happiness is something that has to come to the fore from within.

But if we are truly happy inside, then age brings with it a maturity, a depth, and a power that only magnifies our radiance.

you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.

Joy is not a thing, it is in us.

Paradise for a happy man lies in his own good nature.

The day you are happy for no reason whatsoever, the day you find yourself taking delight in everything and in nothing, you will know that you have found the land of unending joy called the kingdom.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Living well is the best revenge.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.