Motivational Quotes

Joy

Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

- Marcia, Wieder

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Aurelius, Marcus

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

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

Waitley, Denis

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

Rosten, Leo

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

10.

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

11.

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

Harvey, Paul

12.

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

Lawrence, Harding

13.

If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

14.

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

Chuang Tzu

15.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

16.

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

17.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

18.

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

19.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

20.

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

Bradbury, Ray

21.

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

Depew, Chauncey

22.

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

23.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

24.

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

25.

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

Bible

26.

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

27.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

28.

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

29.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

30.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

31.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

32.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

33.

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

34.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

35.

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

36.

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

Bach, Richard

37.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Hogan, Ben

38.

Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

Marcia, Wieder

39.

Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

40.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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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

42.

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

43.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Hepburn, Katharine

44.

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

Sarnoff, David

45.

Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

46.

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

Socrates

47.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

48.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.