Motivational Quotes

Joy

The only joy in the world is to begin.

- Cesare Pavese

Best Quotes about Joy

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

Bible

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

Vauclain, Samuel

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Buddha

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

10.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

11.

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

Reade, Charles

12.

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

13.

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

14.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

Earnhardt, Dale

15.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

16.

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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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

18.

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

Thackeray, William M.

19.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

20.

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

21.

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

Michel de Montaigne

22.

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

23.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

25.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

26.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

27.

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

Caddy, Eileen

28.

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

Sarnoff, David

29.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

30.

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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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

32.

Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Lawrence, Harding

33.

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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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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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

37.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

38.

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

39.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

40.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

42.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

43.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

44.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Fox, Matthew

48.

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

49.

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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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