Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Carnegie, Dale

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Biondi, Matt

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

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

Socrates

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

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

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

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

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

10.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

12.

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

Caddy, Eileen

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

14.

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

Harvey, Paul

15.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

16.

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

17.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

18.

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

19.

'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

20.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

Bible

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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

27.

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

Buddha

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

Platen

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

33.

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

Reade, Charles

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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

37.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

41.

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

William Shakespeare

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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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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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

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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