Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Best Quotes about Joy

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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

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

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

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

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

Lawrence, Harding

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

11.

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

12.

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

Bible

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Rosten, Leo

18.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Vauclain, Samuel

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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Carnegie, Dale

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

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

Michel de Montaigne

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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

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

Biondi, Matt

29.

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

Graf, Steffi

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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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

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

Ruskin, John

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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

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

Fox, Matthew

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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

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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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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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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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Pearl Buck

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

46.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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

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

Hubbard, Elbert

50.

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