Motivational Quotes

Joy

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

- Michel de Montaigne

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

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

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Harvey, Paul

10.

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

Ruskin, John

11.

What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

Gillies, Jerry

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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Hogan, Ben

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

Thomas Campbell

18.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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 runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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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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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

28.

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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

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I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Nicklaus, Jack

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Socrates

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

43.

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

Mother Teresa

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Fox, Matthew

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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