Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Thackeray, William M.

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Quarles, Francis

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

Fremont, Jessie B.

I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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

Bible

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

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Marden, Orison Swett

11.

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

Bible

12.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Sir Edward Dyer

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

Ninon de Lenclos

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

Rosten, Leo

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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

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To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Graham, Katherine

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

Socrates

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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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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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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

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

Hepburn, Katharine

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Gillies, Jerry

32.

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 not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Harvey, Paul

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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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Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

Gillies, Jerry

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.