Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Thackeray, William M.

Best Quotes about Joy

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Lawrence, Harding

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 feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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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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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

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

Platen

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Ruskin, John

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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

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

William Shakespeare

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Biondi, Matt

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Sarnoff, David

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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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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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... 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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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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Joys divided are increased.