Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Homoka, Oscar

Best Quotes about Joy

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

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

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

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Bible

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

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

10.

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

11.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

12.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

13.

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Marden, Orison Swett

14.

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

Rosten, Leo

15.

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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Marden, Orison Swett

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

21.

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

Bach, Richard

22.

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

Buck, Glen

23.

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

Caddy, Eileen

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

Sir Edward Dyer

25.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

26.

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

Graf, Steffi

27.

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

Mother Teresa

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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

29.

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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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

31.

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

Hogan, Ben

32.

The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be.

Robbins, John

33.

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

Harvey, Paul

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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

38.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

39.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Lawrence, Harding

41.

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

Bradbury, Ray

42.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

43.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Dickinson, Emily

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

Sarnoff, David

46.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

48.

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

Ruskin, John