Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Bible

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

Tourneur, Cyril

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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

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

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

10.

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

11.

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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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

13.

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

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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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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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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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You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Carnegie, Dale

19.

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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

24.

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.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Aurelius, Marcus

29.

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

Lawrence, Harding

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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

31.

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

Rosten, Leo

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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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

William Shakespeare

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Harvey, Paul

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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

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

Reade, Charles

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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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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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

46.

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

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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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He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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