Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Joy

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Waitley, Denis

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

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

Rosten, Leo

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

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

Tourneur, Cyril

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

10.

'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

11.

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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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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I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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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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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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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

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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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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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May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

22.

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

Lawrence, Harding

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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

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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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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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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

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Judd, H. Stanley

34.

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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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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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.

37.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

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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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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

Bible

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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Platen

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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