Motivational Quotes

Joy

'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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

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

Platen

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

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

Hogan, Ben

The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Carnegie, Dale

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

10.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

11.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Biondi, Matt

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

15.

I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

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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 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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The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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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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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

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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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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

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

Graham, Katherine

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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Socrates

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Marden, Orison Swett

34.

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

Bible

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

Quarles, Francis

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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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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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May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Michel de Montaigne

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.