Motivational Quotes

Joy

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

- Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Best Quotes about Joy

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.

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

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

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

Gillies, Jerry

The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Rohn, Jim

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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

11.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

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

Bach, Richard

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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.

14.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

15.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

17.

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Bible

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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.

Ballard, M. Russell

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You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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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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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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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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