Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Barrie, Sir James M.

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Repound, Renee

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

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

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

Fox, Matthew

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

Sarnoff, David

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

Platen

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Bible

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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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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

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

Bach, Richard

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Socrates

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

Bible

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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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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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Lewis, C. S.

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha