Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

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

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

William Shakespeare

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Vauclain, Samuel

The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

12.

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

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Platen

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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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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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

Bible

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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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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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 only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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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Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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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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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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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

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Gibbs, Joe

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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.

Mark Twain

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

Socrates

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully