Motivational Quotes

Joy

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

- Secker, Thomas

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

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

Bible

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

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer

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

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

Fox, Matthew

10.

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

11.

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.

12.

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

Repound, Renee

13.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

14.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

16.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

17.

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

William Shakespeare

18.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

19.

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

Lawrence, Harding

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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

22.

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

23.

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

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

25.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

26.

Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

27.

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Chrysler, Walter

28.

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

Biondi, Matt

29.

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

Waitley, Denis

31.

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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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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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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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.

35.

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

Carnegie, Dale

36.

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

37.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Rosten, Leo

40.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

41.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

42.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Depew, Chauncey

44.

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

45.

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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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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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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

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

Hill, Napoleon