Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Fremont, Jessie B.

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Vauclain, Samuel

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

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

Hogan, Ben

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Bible

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Chuang Tzu

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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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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

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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

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

Repound, Renee

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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.

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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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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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It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.

Marcia, Wieder

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Bradbury, Ray

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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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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

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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

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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.

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

William Shakespeare

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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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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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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Thomas Campbell

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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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