Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Best Quotes about Joy

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Quarles, Francis

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

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

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Socrates

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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

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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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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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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

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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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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Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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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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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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A good man doubles the length of his existence, to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to live twice.

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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

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.

Marcia, Wieder

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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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I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

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Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.

Biondi, Matt

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Bach, Richard

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

Thackeray, William M.

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis