Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Carnegie, Dale

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Bible

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

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

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

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

Harvey, Paul

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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

Depew, Chauncey

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No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

29.

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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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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Socrates

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

Quarles, Francis

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Gibbs, Joe

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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Hogan, Ben

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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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 end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

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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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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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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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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.