Motivational Quotes

Joy

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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Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

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

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

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

Mother Teresa

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

Thomas Campbell

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

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

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Homoka, Oscar

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Hogan, Ben

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

Quarles, Francis

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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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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

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

Gillies, Jerry

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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

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

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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

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.