Motivational Quotes

Joy

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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Best Quotes about Joy

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

William Shakespeare

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Harvey, Paul

Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

Marcia, Wieder

Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Quarles, Francis

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

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Rosten, Leo

11.

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

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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

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

Ruskin, John

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Thackeray, William M.

18.

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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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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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

21.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

22.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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 prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

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

Chuang Tzu

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Bible

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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

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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

43.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

44.

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

Bach, Richard

45.

... 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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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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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 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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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