Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Bible

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

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

10.

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

Bach, Richard

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Hogan, Ben

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

Lewis, C. S.

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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

Bible

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

Platen

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

Rosten, Leo

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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

18.

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

Homoka, Oscar

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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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

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

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

William Shakespeare

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

Gillies, Jerry

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Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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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.

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

Biondi, Matt

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