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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

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

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Bach, Richard

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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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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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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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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The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Ninon de Lenclos

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Caddy, Eileen

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

Harvey, Paul

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Vauclain, Samuel

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

Hill, Napoleon

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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Talmud, The

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

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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.

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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