Motivational Quotes

Joy

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

- Blair, Hugh

Best Quotes about Joy

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 divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

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

Bradbury, Ray

10.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

11.

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.

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

15.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

16.

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

17.

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

18.

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

Buddha

19.

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

Anderson, Greg

20.

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

21.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

22.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

23.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

24.

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

Chuang Tzu

25.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

26.

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

27.

You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Carnegie, Dale

28.

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

Harvey, Paul

29.

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

30.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

31.

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

32.

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

Hill, Napoleon

33.

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

34.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Bach, Richard

35.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

36.

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

37.

'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

38.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

39.

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

40.

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

41.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

42.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

43.

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

44.

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey.

Melchert, Harold V

45.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

46.

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

Bible

47.

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

Ruskin, John

48.

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

49.

It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.

Marcia, Wieder

50.

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

Rosten, Leo