Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Fremont, Jessie B.

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Graham, Katherine

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Chuang Tzu

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

Harvey, Paul

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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

11.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Mother Teresa

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Socrates

16.

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.

Marden, Orison Swett

17.

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

18.

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

Bible

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Hepburn, Katharine

27.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Platen

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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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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Homoka, Oscar

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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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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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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

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

Biondi, Matt

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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

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Bible

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Gillies, Jerry