Motivational Quotes

Joy

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

- Secker, Thomas

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Rosten, Leo

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

Repound, Renee

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

Marden, Orison Swett

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Anderson, Greg

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

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.

Marcia, Wieder

10.

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

Hogan, Ben

11.

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

Fox, Matthew

12.

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

13.

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

Lawrence, Harding

14.

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

Socrates

15.

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

16.

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

Quarles, Francis

17.

The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

18.

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

Buck, Glen

19.

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

20.

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

21.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Ruskin, John

22.

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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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

24.

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.

Edward Chapin

25.

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

26.

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

Michel de Montaigne

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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.

31.

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

William Shakespeare

33.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Fremont, Jessie B.

34.

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

35.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

36.

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

Gillies, Jerry

37.

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

Rohn, Jim

38.

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

Homoka, Oscar

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

42.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

44.

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

45.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

46.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

47.

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.