Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

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Best Quotes about Joy

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Sarnoff, David

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

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

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

Bible

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Waitley, Denis

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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'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

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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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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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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 the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Socrates

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People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

Gibbs, Joe

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Chuang Tzu

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Harvey, Paul

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

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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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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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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Carnegie, Dale

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

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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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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

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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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As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen