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Elation Quotes

The high points, named one by one.

Elation shows up in small, specific moments here — the incomparable feeling of a child sleeping on your chest, or the rush of getting into a school you barely qualified for and loving it anyway. Joy caught in the act, not described in the abstract.

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

I think the mixture of pressure and elation after winning the world title took some getting used to and that impacted on my personal life big-time.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

Rather than writing about international events, I write about individual lives. There is elation and sadness, death and birth, love and jealousy, co-operation and betrayal. All the great emotional transactions that happen wherever people come together.

Quotes by Tom Drury

My high school career was undistinguished except for math and science. However, having barely been admitted to Rice University, I found that I enjoyed the courses and the elation of success and graduated with honors in physics. I did a...

Quotes by Robert Woodrow Wilson

About Quotes

You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.

Quotes by Paloma Faith

When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from...

Quotes by Natalie Clifford Barney

I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be if you just coasted along without any challenges? Without learning about who you really are through the process of going through the darker...

Quotes by Kirsten Sweetland

To experience the unique sense of elation that you have when your child is sleeping on your chest in an incomparable emotion.

Quotes by John Rhys-Davies

The period that directly follows the dissolution of a long term relationship is extremely volatile, with emotions running the gamut from misery to elation to relief to terror.

Quotes by Emily V. Gordon

Beautiful Quotes

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.

Quotes by Edward Hopper

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.

Quotes by Doug Larson

I was 14 and madly in love for the first time. He was 21. He made me suddenly, unaccustomedly beautiful with his kisses and mix tapes. During the year of elation and longing, he never mentioned that he had a...

Quotes by Daphne Gottlieb

When you see the fans all in together - elation and sadness sat next to each other, kids crying and the other half of the family up there, giving it all that - that's just incredible.

Quotes by Chris Kamara

When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.

Quotes by Andrew Yang

Frequently Asked Questions

What situations trigger elation in these quotes?
Specific, personal ones — a child sleeping on your chest, getting into a school you barely qualified for, or the general rush of falling in love.
Why would someone search for elation quotes?
For captions or writing about a specific high, joy, achievement, or love, where 'happy' feels too flat and elation captures the intensity better.
Is there a quote connecting elation to overcoming odds?
Yes — it describes the elation of success after barely being admitted to a university, tying the feeling directly to a real academic Challenges that almost didn't pan out.
Do any quotes question where elation actually comes from?
One does, wondering in a love context whether that rush is really sparked by the person you're with, or whether you're the one projecting it onto them in the first place.
Is elation always described as purely positive here?
Mostly, though one quote places it alongside sadness, betrayal, and Co-Operation as just one part of the full emotional range that comes with writing honestly about people's lives.

One quote widens the lens, calling elation just one part of a larger emotional swing that comes with writing About individual lives — sadness, love, betrayal, and Co-Operation included.