Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

Tourneur, Cyril

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Marden, Orison Swett

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Quarles, Francis

10.

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

Bach, Richard

11.

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

12.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

13.

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

Bible

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

Hepburn, Katharine

15.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

16.

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

William Shakespeare

19.

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

20.

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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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Fielding, Henry

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

Gibbs, Joe

25.

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

Harvey, Paul

26.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

27.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

28.

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

29.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

30.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

31.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

32.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

33.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

Bible

34.

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

Talmud, The

35.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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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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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

39.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

40.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

42.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

44.

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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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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

47.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

48.

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

Michel de Montaigne

49.

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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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Mother Teresa