Motivational Quotes

Joy

'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

Best Quotes about Joy

1.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

2.

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

3.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

4.

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

5.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

Earnhardt, Dale

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

Harvey, Paul

9.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

10.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

11.

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

12.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

13.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just keeps you from enjoying it.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

14.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

15.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

16.

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

17.

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

Gillies, Jerry

18.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

19.

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

Hogan, Ben

20.

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

Sarnoff, David

21.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

22.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

23.

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

24.

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

Bible

25.

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

26.

I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

27.

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

Gibbs, Joe

28.

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

29.

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.

30.

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

31.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

32.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

33.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

34.

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

Depew, Chauncey

35.

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

Homoka, Oscar

36.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

37.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

38.

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

39.

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

Mother Teresa

40.

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

Hill, Napoleon

41.

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

Fox, Matthew

42.

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

43.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

44.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

45.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

46.

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

Socrates

47.

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

48.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

49.

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

50.

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

Carnegie, Dale