Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

Best Quotes about Joy

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.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

Marcia, Wieder

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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

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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

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

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

Biondi, Matt

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Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

Sarnoff, David

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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

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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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 enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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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

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

Bible

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Harvey, Paul

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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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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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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'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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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

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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

Socrates

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Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.

Ecclesiastes

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

Browning, Robert