Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Gibbs, Joe

Best Quotes about Joy

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

There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Bible

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

10.

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

11.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

12.

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Nicklaus, Jack

13.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

14.

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

Harvey, Paul

15.

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

Tourneur, Cyril

16.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

17.

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

18.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

19.

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

20.

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

21.

It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.

Marcia, Wieder

22.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

23.

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

24.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

25.

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

26.

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

Waitley, Denis

27.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

28.

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

29.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

30.

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

Biondi, Matt

31.

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer

32.

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

33.

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.

34.

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

35.

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

Bach, Richard

36.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

37.

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

38.

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Hill, Napoleon

39.

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

40.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

41.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

42.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

43.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

44.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

45.

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

46.

Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

47.

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

48.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

49.

If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

50.

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