Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

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

Graf, Steffi

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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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The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

12.

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

Bible

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Platen

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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

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

19.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

21.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Sarnoff, David

24.

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

26.

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

Biondi, Matt

27.

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

28.

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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

30.

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

Talmud, The

33.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

35.

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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

41.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Rosten, Leo

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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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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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The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

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You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

49.

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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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