Motivational Quotes

Joy

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

- Macinness, Helen

Best Quotes about Joy

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.

Richard Wagner

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

Earnhardt, Dale

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Bach, Richard

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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

Ruskin, John

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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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

11.

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Caddy, Eileen

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Repound, Renee

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Biondi, Matt

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Bible

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Quarles, Francis

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Lawrence, Harding

43.

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

Mother Teresa

44.

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

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Sculley, John

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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

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

Hepburn, Katharine