Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy runs deeper than despair

- Boom, Corrie Ten

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Hogan, Ben

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Ninon de Lenclos

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Judd, H. Stanley

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

12.

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

Socrates

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

Chuang Tzu

14.

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

Sarnoff, David

15.

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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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

May, Rollo

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

Harvey, Paul

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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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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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

Depew, Chauncey

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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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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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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

28.

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

Bach, Richard

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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

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Hill, Napoleon

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If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Bible

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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 only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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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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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

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

Rosten, Leo

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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