Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Platen

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Thackeray, William M.

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

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

William Shakespeare

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

Anderson, Greg

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

May, Rollo

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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 love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.

Ballard, M. Russell

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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Phil Jackson

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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

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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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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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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 primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

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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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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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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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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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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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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

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

Harvey, Paul

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

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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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

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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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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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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.

Biondi, Matt

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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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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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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Earnhardt, Dale