Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

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

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

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

10.

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

Gillies, Jerry

11.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

12.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

13.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

14.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

16.

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

Biondi, Matt

17.

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Reade, Charles

20.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

21.

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Platen

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

Aurelius, Marcus

29.

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.

30.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

32.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

34.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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

Bible

39.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

40.

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

Thackeray, William M.

41.

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

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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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.