Motivational Quotes

Joy

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

- Shaw, George Bernard

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

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

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

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

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

Sarnoff, David

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

Rohn, Jim

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Gillies, Jerry

11.

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

Lawrence, Harding

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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bible

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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

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

Caddy, Eileen

21.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

28.

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

34.

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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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If you don't get a kick out of the job you're doing you'd better hunt for another one.

Vauclain, Samuel

39.

'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

40.

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

Bach, Richard

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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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A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Graham, Katherine

48.

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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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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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.