Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Rosten, Leo

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Thackeray, William M.

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Dickinson, Emily

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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

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

Homoka, Oscar

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Waitley, Denis

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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

13.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Michel de Montaigne

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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

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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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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.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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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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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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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

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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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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Bible

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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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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

39.

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

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

William Shakespeare

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Rosten, Leo