Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Bovee, Christian Nevell

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Fox, Matthew

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Nicklaus, Jack

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

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

10.

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

11.

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

Biondi, Matt

12.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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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

14.

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

Bach, Richard

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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

16.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

17.

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

Bible

18.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

20.

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

Graham, Katherine

21.

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

24.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

25.

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

26.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Hogan, Ben

27.

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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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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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

30.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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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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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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

35.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

Gillies, Jerry

37.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

38.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

Gibbs, Joe

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

42.

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

43.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

44.

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

Lawrence, Harding

45.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

46.

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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, 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

49.

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

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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Hill, Napoleon