Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Ruskin, John

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

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

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

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

Aurelius, Marcus

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

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

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

10.

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

William Shakespeare

11.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Sarnoff, David

15.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

16.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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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 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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Hubbard, Elbert

24.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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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

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

Bible

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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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Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

Harvey, Paul

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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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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

34.

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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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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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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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The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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 man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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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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 joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha