Motivational Quotes

Joy

A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

- Talmud, The

Best Quotes about Joy

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Graham, Katherine

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

Vauclain, Samuel

What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

Gillies, Jerry

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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

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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

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Socrates

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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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To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Homoka, Oscar

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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Gibbs, Joe

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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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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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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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 sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

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

Repound, Renee

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Depew, Chauncey

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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Hepburn, Katharine