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

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

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

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

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

10.

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

Graham, Katherine

11.

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

12.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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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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'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

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

18.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

19.

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 not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Gillies, Jerry

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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

28.

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

Chuang Tzu

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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

31.

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

Mother Teresa

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

Thackeray, William M.

33.

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

Rosten, Leo

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

35.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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 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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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

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

Thomas Campbell

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Bible

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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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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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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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