Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Harvey, Paul

Best Quotes about Joy

1.

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]

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2.

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

3.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

4.

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

Depew, Chauncey

5.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

6.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! [Philippians 4:4]

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7.

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

Michel de Montaigne

8.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

9.

Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

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

11.

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

Thackeray, William M.

12.

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

Bradbury, Ray

13.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

14.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

15.

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.

16.

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

17.

He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

18.

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

Rosten, Leo

19.

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

20.

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

Gibbs, Joe

21.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

22.

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

Homoka, Oscar

23.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

24.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

25.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

26.

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

Lawrence, Harding

27.

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

Thomas Campbell

28.

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

29.

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

30.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

31.

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

Mother Teresa

32.

It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.

Marcia, Wieder

33.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

34.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

35.

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

Graf, Steffi

36.

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

37.

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

38.

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

39.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

40.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

41.

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

42.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

43.

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

Hogan, Ben

44.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

45.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

46.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

47.

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

Bach, Richard

48.

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

49.

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.

50.

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

Ninon de Lenclos