Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Best Quotes about Joy

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

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

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

10.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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

12.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

13.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

15.

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

Ruskin, John

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

17.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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

Graf, Steffi

21.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

22.

Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

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

Caddy, Eileen

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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

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The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

Leboeuf, Michael

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

Bible

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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.

Stukane, Eileen

31.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Thackeray, William M.

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

William Shakespeare

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

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

Gillies, Jerry

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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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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

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

Thomas Campbell

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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 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

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Rohn, Jim

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