Motivational Quotes

Joy

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

- Secker, Thomas

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Lawrence, Harding

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Platen

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

As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Graf, Steffi

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

Buck, Glen

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

Bible

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

Fox, Matthew

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

10.

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

Buddha

11.

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

12.

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

Ninon de Lenclos

13.

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

Sarnoff, David

14.

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

15.

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

16.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

17.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

18.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

19.

If you've enjoyed a little and endured a lot, you've really done pretty well.

20.

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

Gibbs, Joe

21.

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

Repound, Renee

22.

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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

24.

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

William Shakespeare

25.

Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

26.

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

27.

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

28.

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

Caddy, Eileen

29.

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

30.

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.

31.

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

32.

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

Reade, Charles

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

34.

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

35.

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

Lewis, C. S.

36.

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

Socrates

37.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

38.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

39.

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

Thackeray, William M.

40.

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

Harvey, Paul

41.

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

Aurelius, Marcus

42.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Chuang Tzu

43.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

44.

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

45.

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

Rohn, Jim

46.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

48.

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Liebman, Joshua Loth

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

Biondi, Matt

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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