Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Reade, Charles

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

11.

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

Depew, Chauncey

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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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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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

16.

As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

18.

'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

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

Socrates

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Gibbs, Joe

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The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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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

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Lawrence, Harding

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Bible

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Vauclain, Samuel

39.

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

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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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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

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

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

Bach, Richard

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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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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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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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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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