Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

A good man doubles the length of his existence, to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to live twice.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Graham, Katherine

11.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

12.

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 biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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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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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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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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

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Homoka, Oscar

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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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Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

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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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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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

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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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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Bible

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

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