Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Judd, H. Stanley

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Lewis, C. S.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

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

Gibbs, Joe

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.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

10.

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

11.

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

Thomas Campbell

12.

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 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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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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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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

Graham, Katherine

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You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

22.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

25.

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

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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

27.

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

Bible

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

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

Bach, Richard

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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

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

40.

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

Bible

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

48.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

49.

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

Hogan, Ben