Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Gillies, Jerry

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Nicklaus, Jack

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Rosten, Leo

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Buck, Glen

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

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

Quarles, Francis

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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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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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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

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18.

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

19.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

20.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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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

25.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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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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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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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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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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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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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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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Repound, Renee

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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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May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.

37.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

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

Carnegie, Dale

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Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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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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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