Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Gillies, Jerry

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Talmud, The

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

Gillies, Jerry

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Tourneur, Cyril

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Repound, Renee

10.

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 are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Rosten, Leo

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What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

13.

'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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

15.

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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

17.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

18.

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

Sarnoff, David

19.

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

20.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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

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

Harvey, Paul

28.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

35.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

40.

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

Graf, Steffi

42.

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

Platen

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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.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.