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

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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.

To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

11.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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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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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Aurelius, Marcus

30.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Sarnoff, David

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

William Shakespeare

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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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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Reade, Charles

44.

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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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.