Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Thomas Campbell

Best Quotes about Joy

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

William Shakespeare

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Rosten, Leo

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

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

Socrates

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It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.

Marcia, Wieder

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

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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]

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Bradbury, Ray

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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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... 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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I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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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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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

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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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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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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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Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell