Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Judd, H. Stanley

Best Quotes about Joy

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Anderson, Greg

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

Tourneur, Cyril

He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.

Blake, William

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Vauclain, Samuel

10.

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

Socrates

11.

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

Hogan, Ben

12.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

19.

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

20.

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

Graf, Steffi

21.

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

22.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

23.

I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

24.

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

25.

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

Bible

26.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

27.

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

28.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

29.

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

Harvey, Paul

30.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

31.

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

32.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

33.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

34.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

35.

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

36.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

37.

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

38.

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

39.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

43.

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

44.

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

Graham, Katherine

45.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

46.

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

William Shakespeare

47.

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

48.

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

49.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

50.

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von