Embrace the Joy: Uplifting Quotes for Enjoying Life
Looking for something to spark joy? Read on to find a list of quotes about enjoying life.
We learn the word “enjoy” very early on in life. We’re told that enjoying something means finding pleasure in something. However, when we think about life, we may often think about our work, goals, or responsibilities. While all of these are important, we can sometimes forget that a big part of life is to enjoy it while it’s still here. Enjoying life means taking advantage of what we have around us—things like our families, friends, partners, homes, and hobbies.
Enjoying life means being aware of the present moment and trying to experience all of the things that make us happy to the fullest extent. Enjoying life means periodically slowing down and putting what we have to do and where we have to go on pause and just be. When we’re so invested in the hustle and bustle of life, it can be hard to list joy as a top priority. Hopefully, these quotes below provide you with some insight as to why enjoyment shouldn’t just be a temporary phase of life, but something you seek to experience daily.
“Participate in life instead of just watching it pass you by.” - Lindsey Wonderson
“Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.” - Gordon B. Hinckley
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." - Elbert Hubbard
"Life is short. Drive fast and leave a sexy corpse. That's one of my mottos." - Stanley Hudson, The Office
"Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that." - Coolio
"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." - Lucille Ball
"Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth." - Anonymous
"I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore." - Randy Pausch
“Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.” - Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Do anything, but let it produce joy.” - Walt Whitman
“Happiness is a choice, a repetitive one.” - Akilnathan Logeswaran
“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.” - James Taylor
"Reclaim your curiosity, your sense of adventure, and have some fun. Don’t take every moment of your life so seriously. Allow yourself to enjoy life." - Akiroq Brost
“Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.” - Yoko Ono
“If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.” - Jim Carrey
“The great science to live happily is to live in the present.” - Pythagoras
“That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.” - Henry David Thoreau
"Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing." - Jerome K. Jerome
"As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about as good as it gets for me." - Paul Wesley
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." - Mark Twain
"Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world." - Oscar Wilde
"In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten." - Tom Hodgkinson
“A nice warm shower, a cup of tea, and a caring ear may be all you need to warm your heart.” - Charles F. Glassman
“Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” - Peter Hagerty
“Life is an opportunity, seize the day, live each day to the fullest. Life is not a project, but a journey to be enjoyed.” - Catherine Pulsifer
"I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey." - David Archuleta
“Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.” - Chanda Kochhar
"I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life." - Kerry Washington
In Sum
We hope this article provided you with several quotes that offered you a gentle reminder about the importance of enjoying life. Are there any quotes that stood out to you? Think about why that may be. Whether you read through these quotes in just this moment or you write down these quotes to remember in the future, we hope you take some time today (and every day) to remember the joys in your life.