Motivational Quotes

Joy

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

- Anderson, Greg

Best Quotes about Joy

People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

Gibbs, Joe

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Hill, Napoleon

Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.

Ecclesiastes

Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Beecher, Henry Ward

Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

Browning, Robert

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Hogan, Ben

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Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

Sarnoff, David

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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

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I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Chrysler, Walter

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Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Hepburn, Katharine

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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

Judd, H. Stanley

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The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be.

Robbins, John

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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Pearl Buck

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As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

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May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Wilder, Thornton

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Nightingale, Earl

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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

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'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Dickinson, Emily

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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

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I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

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The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

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Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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A good man doubles the length of his existence, to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to live twice.

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