Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Joy

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Hill, Napoleon

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

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

Reade, Charles

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Fox, Matthew

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

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

A good man doubles the length of his existence, to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to live twice.

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

William Shakespeare

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Owens, Jesse

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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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Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.

Socrates

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Talmud, The

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

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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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 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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Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey.

Melchert, Harold V

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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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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To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Graham, Katherine

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Sarnoff, David

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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.