Motivational Quotes

Joy

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

- Sikorski, Gerry

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

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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

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

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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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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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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

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

Sarnoff, David

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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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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Mother Teresa

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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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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Lewis, C. S.

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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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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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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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Bible

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Hill, Napoleon

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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

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No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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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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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.