Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Joy

If you don't get a kick out of the job you're doing you'd better hunt for another one.

Vauclain, Samuel

A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

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

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Anderson, Greg

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Bible

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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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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The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

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

Biondi, Matt

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

33.

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

Graf, Steffi

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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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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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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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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 is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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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

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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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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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

Depew, Chauncey

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