Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Socrates

Best Quotes about Joy

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Socrates

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Reade, Charles

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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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... 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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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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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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

19.

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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Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

Browning, Robert

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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

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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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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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Aurelius, Marcus

28.

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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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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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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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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

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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Bradbury, Ray

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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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I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Owens, Jesse

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

Bible

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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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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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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

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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