Motivational Quotes

Joy

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

- Shaw, George Bernard

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

Thomas Campbell

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

William Shakespeare

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

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Bradbury, Ray

A good man doubles the length of his existence, to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to live twice.

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

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

Mother Teresa

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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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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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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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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 only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Reade, Charles

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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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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

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

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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

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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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Socrates

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

Harvey, Paul

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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Rohn, Jim

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Chuang Tzu

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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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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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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

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

Bible

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Sarnoff, David

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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean