Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Forbes, Malcolm S.

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

If you don't get a kick out of the job you're doing you'd better hunt for another one.

Vauclain, Samuel

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

Waitley, Denis

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

Hepburn, Katharine

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

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

Quarles, Francis

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The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.

Ballard, M. Russell

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Repound, Renee

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

Bible

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Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

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Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.

Socrates

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Bible

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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 joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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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

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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.

30.

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

Biondi, Matt

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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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

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

Bach, Richard

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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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Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

Harvey, Paul

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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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What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

Gillies, Jerry

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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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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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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Talmud, The