Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Depew, Chauncey

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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I asked God for all things , that I might enjoy life. God gave life, that I might enjoy all things.

12.

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

Talmud, The

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their Luck arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.

Blotnick, Srully

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Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

William Shakespeare

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

Rosten, Leo

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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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The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Bach, Richard

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth --look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

31.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Platen

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

Lawrence, Harding

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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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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

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

Sarnoff, David

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Joy runs deeper than despair

Boom, Corrie Ten

40.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.

Marcia, Wieder

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

Harvey, Paul

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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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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

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

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