Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Graf, Steffi

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Michel de Montaigne

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.

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

Ruskin, John

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Biondi, Matt

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

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

Fielding, Henry

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Platen

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The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Chrysler, Walter

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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 is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Socrates

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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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

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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

Buck, Glen

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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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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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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.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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