Motivational Quotes

Joy

The only joy in the world is to begin.

- Cesare Pavese

Best Quotes about Joy

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Repound, Renee

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

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

Bach, Richard

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Bible

11.

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

12.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

15.

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

16.

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

Fox, Matthew

17.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

18.

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

Carnegie, Dale

19.

Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

22.

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

Caddy, Eileen

23.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

24.

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

25.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

26.

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

27.

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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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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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

30.

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

Bradbury, Ray

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

32.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

33.

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

Mother Teresa

34.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

35.

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

36.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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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To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Graham, Katherine

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Harvey, Paul

43.

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

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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

45.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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 only joy in the world is to begin.