Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Ruskin, John

Best Quotes about Joy

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.

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

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

Repound, Renee

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

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

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

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Hill, Napoleon

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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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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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Waitley, Denis

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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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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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

Graf, Steffi

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Bible

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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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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

29.

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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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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

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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.

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

Thomas Campbell

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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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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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What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

43.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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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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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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The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.