Motivational Quotes

Joy

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Fox, Matthew

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

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]

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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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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Phil Jackson

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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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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I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

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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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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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

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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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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Harvey, Paul

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Pearl Buck

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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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 biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady