Motivational Quotes

Joy

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

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Best Quotes about Joy

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

You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Marden, Orison Swett

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.

Edward Chapin

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Nicklaus, Jack

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Rohn, Jim

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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What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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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Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Fielding, Henry

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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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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

Harvey, Paul

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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Thackeray, William M.

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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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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! [Philippians 4:4]

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If you don't get a kick out of the job you're doing you'd better hunt for another one.

Vauclain, Samuel

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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

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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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To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

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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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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

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Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.

Socrates

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

Anderson, Greg

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If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Rosten, Leo

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The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.

Ballard, M. Russell

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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

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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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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Hill, Napoleon

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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

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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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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

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He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Hill, Napoleon

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There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Owens, Jesse