Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Tourneur, Cyril

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Michel de Montaigne

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

10.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

11.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

12.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

13.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

14.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

15.

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

Depew, Chauncey

16.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

17.

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Dickinson, Emily

18.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Hill, Napoleon

19.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

21.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

22.

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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

24.

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

25.

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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

27.

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Pearl Buck

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

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

Bach, Richard

32.

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Marden, Orison Swett

33.

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

34.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

35.

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

Harvey, Paul

36.

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

37.

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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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

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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

40.

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

Rosten, Leo

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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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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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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

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

45.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

46.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

Bible

47.

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

Sarnoff, David

48.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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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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