Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

- Colgrove, Dr. Melba

Best Quotes about Joy

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

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

Bible

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

Rosten, Leo

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

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

'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

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

Thomas Campbell

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

10.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Ninon de Lenclos

12.

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

Biondi, Matt

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

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

Repound, Renee

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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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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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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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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

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

William Shakespeare

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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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

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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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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.

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Lawrence, Harding

44.

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John