Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think.

Socrates

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Hogan, Ben

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

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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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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I always loved running -- it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Owens, Jesse

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People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

Gibbs, Joe

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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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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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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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

Buck, Glen

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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

32.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

34.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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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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We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living.

Repound, Renee

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Hill, Napoleon

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Aurelius, Marcus