Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Bach, Richard

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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

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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

10.

As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

11.

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

Lawrence, Harding

12.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Biondi, Matt

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Carnegie, Dale

17.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

18.

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

Socrates

19.

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

Bible

20.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

21.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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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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Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

Browning, Robert

24.

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

25.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

William Shakespeare

27.

If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

28.

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

Platen

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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

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

Rosten, Leo

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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

32.

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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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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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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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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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

41.

I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Owens, Jesse

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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

44.

We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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

Vauclain, Samuel

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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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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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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