Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Graham, Katherine

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

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

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

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

Socrates

10.

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

11.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

12.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

13.

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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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

15.

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

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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Wilder, Thornton

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Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Earnhardt, Dale

21.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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

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

Ruskin, John

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

Rosten, Leo

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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

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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

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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

Buck, Glen

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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 joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Harvey, Paul

40.

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

Biondi, Matt

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

44.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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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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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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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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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