Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

- Richard Wagner

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Rohn, Jim

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

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

William Shakespeare

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

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

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

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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

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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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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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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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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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The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

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

Rosten, Leo

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Platen

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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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To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Graham, Katherine

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Anderson, Greg

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Bible

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Bible

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Gillies, Jerry

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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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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 only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

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Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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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