Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

- Richard Wagner

Best Quotes about Joy

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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 joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

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

William Shakespeare

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

10.

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

Hill, Napoleon

11.

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

12.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

15.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

16.

... 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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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

18.

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

Platen

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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 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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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

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

29.

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Hepburn, Katharine

34.

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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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The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

38.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

39.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

40.

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

Waitley, Denis

41.

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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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Lewis, C. S.

47.

I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.