Joy Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Joy quotes, Joy sayings, and Joy proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


A carpenter is known by his chips.      -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.      -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
A wild goose never laid a tame egg.      -- Gaelic (on authenticity)
Be not water, taking the tint of all colors.      -- Syrian (on authenticity)
Believe in yourself.      -- unknown
Birds of a feather, flock together.      -- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
Clothes may disguise a fool, but his voice will give him away.      -- unknown
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.      -- Appius (c.470 BC)
Everyone is the age of their heart.      -- Guatemalan (on youth and age)
Hay is for horses.      -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
If the shoe fits, wear it.      -- Nicholas Breton (c.1545-1626)
Never spend time with people who don't respect you.      -- Maori (on courtesy and respect)
One flower makes no garland.      -- George Herbert (1593-1632)
Tell me whom you love and I'll tell you who you are.     -- African-American (on life and living)
The blocks of wood should not dictate to the carver.      -- Maori (on art and creativity)
The devil looks after his own.      -- Scottish Proverb
We boil at different degrees.      -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.      -- Irish Proverb
You can't fit a square peg in a round hole.      -- unknown
You can't judge a horse by its harness.      -- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)