Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

- Richard Wagner

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Anderson, Greg

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

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.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Chuang Tzu

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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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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

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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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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Socrates

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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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

Lawrence, Harding

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

William Shakespeare

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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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

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Aurelius, Marcus