Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Leboeuf, Michael

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Reade, Charles

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

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

Graf, Steffi

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

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

10.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

11.

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

12.

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

Lewis, C. S.

13.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

14.

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

15.

For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

16.

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

Rosten, Leo

17.

Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

18.

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

Gillies, Jerry

19.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

20.

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

Platen

21.

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

22.

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

Bradbury, Ray

23.

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

24.

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.

25.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

26.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

27.

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

Bach, Richard

28.

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

Homoka, Oscar

29.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Thackeray, William M.

30.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

31.

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

32.

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

Anderson, Greg

33.

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

William Shakespeare

34.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

35.

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

Quarles, Francis

36.

We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

37.

'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

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

Hill, Napoleon

41.

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

42.

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

43.

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

Buck, Glen

44.

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

45.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

46.

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

Ruskin, John

47.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

48.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

49.

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

50.

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