Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Lewis, C. S.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Bible

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 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

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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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

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Edward Chapin

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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

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

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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Biondi, Matt

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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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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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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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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 long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

32.

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

Talmud, The

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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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Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

Browning, Robert

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

Carnegie, Dale

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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Bradbury, Ray

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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Graham, Katherine

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

William Shakespeare

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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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The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Bach, Richard