Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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]

Bible

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Harvey, Paul

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

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

10.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

11.

My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss.

Sir Edward Dyer

12.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

13.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

14.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

16.

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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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

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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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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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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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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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

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

29.

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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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 walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Rohn, Jim

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Fox, Matthew

40.

I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

Keyes Jr., Ken

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

Repound, Renee

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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.

43.

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.

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Graf, Steffi

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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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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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.