Definition of Joy

Joy The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight. That which causes joy or happiness. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult. To give joy to; to congratulate. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. To enjoy. Related Definitions: Acquisition, And, Be, By, Caused, Congratulate, Delight, Desire, Emotion, Enjoy, Excited, Exhibition, Exhilarate, Exhilaration, Expectation, Exult, Festivity, Fortune, Gayety, Give, Glad, Gladden, Gladness, Good, Happiness, Joy, Joyful, Like, Love, Make, Merriment, Mirth, Of, Or, Passion, Pleasurable, Possessing, Prospect, Rational, Rejoice, Sign, Success, That, The, To, We, What, Which

Joy Quotations We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. Buddha We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. Buddha Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. Mother Teresa It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. Albert Einstein Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. Tony Robbins Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. Mohandas Gandhi The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. Jim Rohn Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Jim Rohn Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. William Shakespeare

Joy Translations joy in Afrikaans is vreugde joy in Dutch is blijdschap joy in Finnish is ilo joy in French is joie joy in Italian is consolazione joy in Latin is gaudium, laetitia, laetatio letatio, tripudium joy in Norwegian is glede joy in Portuguese is alegria