Motivational Quotes

Joy

The end of life is life. Life is action, the use of one's powers. And to use them to their height is our joy of duty.

Famous Inspirational Daily Quotes

Best Quotes about Joy

1.

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

Lawrence, Harding

2.

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

3.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

4.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.

Quarles, Francis

5.

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

Biondi, Matt

6.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

7.

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

Hill, Napoleon

8.

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

Carnegie, Dale

9.

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

Tourneur, Cyril

10.

'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

11.

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

12.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

13.

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

14.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

15.

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

Reade, Charles

16.

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

17.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

18.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

19.

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

Thomas Campbell

20.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

21.

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

Harvey, Paul

22.

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Marden, Orison Swett

23.

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

Hill, Napoleon

24.

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

Buddha

25.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

26.

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

27.

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

Bible

28.

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

Thackeray, William M.

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Homoka, Oscar

32.

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

Chuang Tzu

33.

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

Sarnoff, David

34.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

35.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

36.

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

37.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

38.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

39.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

40.

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

Bach, Richard

41.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

42.

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

43.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

44.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

45.

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

46.

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