Motivational Quotes

Joy

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

- Smith, Logan Pearsall

Best Quotes about Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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.

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

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

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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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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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 the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Harvey, Paul

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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

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'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

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

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Carnegie, Dale

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

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

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Bach, Richard

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.

Socrates

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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

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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.