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

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

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Bible

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

Thackeray, William M.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Homoka, Oscar

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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'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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Thomas Campbell

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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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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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.

Richard Wagner

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

Sarnoff, David

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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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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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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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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Waitley, Denis

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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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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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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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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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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.