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

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

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Harvey, Paul

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

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

Vauclain, Samuel

10.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

11.

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

Gibbs, Joe

12.

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

Socrates

13.

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

Rosten, Leo

14.

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

15.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

16.

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

Quarles, Francis

17.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

18.

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

19.

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

20.

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

Platen

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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.

25.

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

Fox, Matthew

26.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

27.

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

28.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

29.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

30.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

31.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

32.

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

Bible

33.

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

William Shakespeare

34.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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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

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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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'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

40.

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

Chuang Tzu

41.

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

Hill, Napoleon

43.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

44.

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

45.

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

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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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

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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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