Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Homoka, Oscar

Best Quotes about Joy

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Lewis, C. S.

10.

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

Thomas Campbell

11.

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

12.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

13.

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

Thackeray, William M.

14.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

15.

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

Bradbury, Ray

16.

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

Harvey, Paul

17.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

18.

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

Fox, Matthew

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

Lawrence, Harding

22.

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

23.

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

24.

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

Bible

25.

'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

26.

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

27.

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

Gillies, Jerry

28.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

29.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

30.

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.

31.

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

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.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

34.

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

Bach, Richard

35.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

41.

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

Homoka, Oscar

42.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

43.

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

44.

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

45.

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

46.

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

Repound, Renee

47.

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