Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Gillies, Jerry

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Ruskin, John

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

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

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

Lawrence, Harding

10.

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

Harvey, Paul

11.

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

12.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

13.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

14.

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

Bradbury, Ray

15.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

16.

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

Homoka, Oscar

17.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

18.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

19.

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

20.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

21.

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Chuang Tzu

24.

Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

25.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

26.

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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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

28.

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

29.

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

Fox, Matthew

31.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

32.

The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

34.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

35.

May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

36.

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

37.

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.

38.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

39.

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

Thomas Campbell

40.

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

41.

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

42.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

43.

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

44.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

45.

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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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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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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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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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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