Motivational Quotes

Joy

People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

- Gibbs, Joe

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Harvey, Paul

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Graf, Steffi

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

10.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

11.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

12.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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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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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

16.

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

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

18.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

19.

Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

20.

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

Bible

21.

People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

Gibbs, Joe

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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

23.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

25.

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

Thackeray, William M.

26.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

27.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Graham, Katherine

31.

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

Platen

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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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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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

45.

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

Caddy, Eileen

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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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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.