Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Sir Edward Dyer

Best Quotes about Joy

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Aurelius, Marcus

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Sir Edward Dyer

10.

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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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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What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Buck, Glen

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

William Shakespeare

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

Rohn, Jim

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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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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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... 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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I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

31.

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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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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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

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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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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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

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Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.