Motivational Quotes

Joy

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

- Secker, Thomas

Best Quotes about Joy

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

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

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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'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

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You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Socrates

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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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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

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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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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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Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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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 sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Lewis, C. S.

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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

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Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Mother Teresa

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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

Chuang Tzu

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One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Biondi, Matt

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Rohn, Jim