Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Sir Edward Dyer

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

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

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

Platen

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

10.

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

Bradbury, Ray

11.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

12.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

13.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

14.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

15.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

16.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

17.

Nightingale, Earl

18.

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

19.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

20.

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

21.

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

Chuang Tzu

22.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

23.

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

Bible

24.

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

25.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

26.

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

27.

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

28.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

29.

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

Bible

30.

'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

31.

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

32.

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

Quarles, Francis

33.

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

Thomas Campbell

34.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

35.

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

Lewis, C. S.

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

Harvey, Paul

39.

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

40.

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

41.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

42.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

43.

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.

44.

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

45.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

46.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

47.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

48.

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

Depew, Chauncey

49.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Fielding, Henry

50.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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