Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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

Vauclain, Samuel

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Graham, Katherine

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

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

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

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

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Socrates

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

Bible

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Lawrence, Harding

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

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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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Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

25.

'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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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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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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What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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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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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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Gillies, Jerry

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

Bible

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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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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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

Sarnoff, David

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Hepburn, Katharine

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Buddha

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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