Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Rosten, Leo

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Gibbs, Joe

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The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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

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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.

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

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

Quarles, Francis

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Socrates

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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

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

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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.

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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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... 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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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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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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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

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

Sarnoff, David

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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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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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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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Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Lawrence, Harding

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