Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Harvey, Paul

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Thackeray, William M.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Waitley, Denis

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Hogan, Ben

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Graham, Katherine

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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'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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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Platen

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Michel de Montaigne

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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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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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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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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

Bach, Richard

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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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Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

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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

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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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

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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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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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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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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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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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.