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

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

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

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

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

Repound, Renee

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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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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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Thomas Campbell

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

William Shakespeare

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Platen

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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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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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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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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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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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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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

Anderson, Greg

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

Quarles, Francis

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

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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

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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen