Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

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Best Quotes about Joy

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

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Harvey, Paul

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.

Marcia, Wieder

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

'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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Bible

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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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 only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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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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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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