Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

- Stukane, Eileen

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

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

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

10.

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

Harvey, Paul

11.

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

Sarnoff, David

12.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

13.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

15.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

16.

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

Bradbury, Ray

17.

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

Gibbs, Joe

18.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

19.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

20.

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

21.

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

Socrates

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

Carnegie, Dale

24.

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

Gillies, Jerry

25.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

Bible

26.

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

27.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

28.

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

Graf, Steffi

29.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

30.

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

32.

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

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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

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

39.

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

Caddy, Eileen

40.

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

Bach, Richard

41.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

42.

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

Repound, Renee

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

Rohn, Jim

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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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Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Thackeray, William M.

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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