Motivational Quotes

Joy

Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.

- Ecclesiastes

Best Quotes about Joy

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

William Shakespeare

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

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

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Lewis, C. S.

'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

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

10.

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

11.

Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

16.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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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 joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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.

28.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Wilder, Thornton

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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.

30.

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

31.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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

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Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

45.

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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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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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.