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

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer

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

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

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

10.

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

11.

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

Reade, Charles

12.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

13.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

14.

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

15.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

16.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

17.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

18.

'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

19.

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

Socrates

20.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

21.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Hill, Napoleon

23.

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

Anderson, Greg

24.

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

25.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

26.

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

Bible

27.

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

Gibbs, Joe

28.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

29.

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

30.

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

Mother Teresa

31.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

32.

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

33.

Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

Marcia, Wieder

34.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

35.

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

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A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

37.

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

Buddha

39.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

40.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

41.

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

Repound, Renee

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

Lewis, C. S.

45.

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

46.

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

47.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

48.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

49.

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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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach