Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Hill, Napoleon

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

Fox, Matthew

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be.

Robbins, John

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

10.

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

Bible

11.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

12.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

13.

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

14.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

15.

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.

16.

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

Rohn, Jim

17.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

18.

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

19.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

20.

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

21.

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

Graham, Katherine

22.

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

23.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

24.

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

Gillies, Jerry

25.

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

Lawrence, Harding

26.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

27.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

28.

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

Harvey, Paul

29.

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

Platen

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

Bach, Richard

34.

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

35.

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

36.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

37.

If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

41.

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

42.

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

43.

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.

44.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

45.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

46.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean