Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

- Richard Wagner

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

William Shakespeare

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

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

Platen

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bible

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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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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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Repound, Renee

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Socrates

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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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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A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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