Motivational Quotes

Joy

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

- Blair, Hugh

Best Quotes about Joy

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Mother Teresa

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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.

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

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

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

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

Bible

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Sarnoff, David

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I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

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A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

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Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Aurelius, Marcus

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What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

Gillies, Jerry

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

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

William Shakespeare

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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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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Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Lawrence, Harding

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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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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Phil Jackson

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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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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

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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.

Biondi, Matt

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Ruskin, John

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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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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Rosten, Leo

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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

Marcia, Wieder

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

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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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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Leboeuf, Michael