Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Hogan, Ben

Best Quotes about Joy

1.

'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

2.

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.

3.

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

Rosten, Leo

4.

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

Platen

5.

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Michel de Montaigne

6.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

7.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

8.

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.

9.

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

10.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

11.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

12.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

13.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

14.

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

15.

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

Gillies, Jerry

16.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

17.

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

Thackeray, William M.

18.

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

19.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

20.

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

Quarles, Francis

21.

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

William Shakespeare

22.

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

23.

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

24.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

25.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

26.

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

Biondi, Matt

27.

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

Socrates

28.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

29.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

30.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

31.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

32.

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

33.

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

Homoka, Oscar

34.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

35.

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

36.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

37.

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.

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

Earnhardt, Dale

41.

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

Hill, Napoleon

42.

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

Gibbs, Joe

43.

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

44.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

45.

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

Rohn, Jim

46.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

47.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.