Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy, has no cost.

- Williamson, Marianne

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

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

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

Bach, Richard

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Lawrence, Harding

The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Hill, Napoleon

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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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

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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

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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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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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

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

Socrates

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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

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

Mother Teresa

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

William Shakespeare

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

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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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

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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

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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Fox, Matthew

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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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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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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.