Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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 biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Fox, Matthew

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

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

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

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

10.

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

Socrates

11.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

12.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

13.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

14.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

15.

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

16.

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.

Edward Chapin

17.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

18.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

19.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

20.

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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.

25.

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

26.

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

Hill, Napoleon

27.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

28.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

29.

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

Hogan, Ben

30.

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

Hill, Napoleon

31.

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

Carnegie, Dale

32.

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

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

33.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

34.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

Ruskin, John

38.

There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

39.

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 prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.