Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Lewis, C. S.

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

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

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

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

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

Repound, Renee

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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

11.

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

Harvey, Paul

12.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.

Ballard, M. Russell

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Platen

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Graham, Katherine

30.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

33.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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

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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

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

Bach, Richard

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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 sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

40.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Waitley, Denis

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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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A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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

Thomas Campbell

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