Motivational Quotes

Joy

I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

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Best Quotes about Joy

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

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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 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.

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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

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work.

Fox, Matthew

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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Fielding, Henry

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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]

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Sarnoff, David

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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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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]

Bible

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

43.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Graf, Steffi

47.

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.