Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Tourneur, Cyril

Best Quotes about Joy

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

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

'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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Quarles, Francis

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

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

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

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

Gillies, Jerry

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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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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The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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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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 an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Pearl Buck

25.

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Lawrence, Harding

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

May, Rollo

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

Bach, Richard

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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 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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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