Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Waitley, Denis

Best Quotes about Joy

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

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

Platen

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Harvey, Paul

10.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

11.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

12.

If you don't get a kick out of the job you're doing you'd better hunt for another one.

Vauclain, Samuel

13.

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

14.

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

William Shakespeare

15.

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

Thackeray, William M.

16.

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

Phil Jackson

17.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

18.

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

19.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

20.

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

21.

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

22.

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

23.

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

Fox, Matthew

24.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

25.

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

Rohn, Jim

26.

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Rosten, Leo

27.

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

Gillies, Jerry

28.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

29.

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

30.

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

Bible

31.

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

Bach, Richard

32.

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

33.

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

Homoka, Oscar

34.

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

Hill, Napoleon

35.

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

Sarnoff, David

36.

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

37.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

38.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

39.

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

40.

He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

41.

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

42.

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

Quarles, Francis

43.

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

44.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

45.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

46.

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

Graham, Katherine

47.

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

Socrates

48.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

49.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

50.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von