Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

'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

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

Homoka, Oscar

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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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

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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

Rosten, Leo

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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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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Quarles, Francis

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

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

Fox, Matthew

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

Hogan, Ben

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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

Hill, Napoleon

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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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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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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If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Bradbury, Ray

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

Platen

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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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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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... 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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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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. [John 4]