Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

- Richard Wagner

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Michel de Montaigne

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Hill, Napoleon

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

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

10.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

11.

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

12.

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

Carnegie, Dale

13.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

14.

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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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

17.

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

18.

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

Graham, Katherine

19.

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

Harvey, Paul

20.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

21.

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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

23.

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

Graf, Steffi

24.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

25.

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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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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To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

32.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Thackeray, William M.

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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.

Biondi, Matt

37.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Lawrence, Harding

40.

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

41.

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

44.

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

45.

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

Rohn, Jim

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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.