Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Depew, Chauncey

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Homoka, Oscar

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

Thomas Campbell

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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

11.

If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

12.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

13.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

14.

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

15.

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

Graham, Katherine

16.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

17.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

18.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

19.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

20.

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

Carnegie, Dale

21.

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

22.

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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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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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

25.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

26.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

27.

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

Rosten, Leo

28.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanislaw J. Lec

29.

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

Quarles, Francis

32.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

33.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

36.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Harvey, Paul

38.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

39.

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

Reade, Charles

40.

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

Hill, Napoleon

41.

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

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You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Marden, Orison Swett

43.

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

Graf, Steffi

44.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Waitley, Denis

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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.