Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

Best Quotes about Joy

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Chrysler, Walter

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Gillies, Jerry

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

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

Fox, Matthew

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

William Shakespeare

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

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

Platen

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

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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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

Quarles, Francis

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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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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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Graham, Katherine

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

Lewis, C. S.

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be.

Robbins, John

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

Bible

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

Rosten, Leo

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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 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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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

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