Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Bradbury, Ray

Best Quotes about Joy

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Fox, Matthew

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.

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

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

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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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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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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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

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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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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 the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Gibbs, Joe

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

William Shakespeare

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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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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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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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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

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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

Repound, Renee

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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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

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

Sarnoff, David

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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