Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- Tourneur, Cyril

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

One joy scatters a hundred grieves.

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

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

You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Carnegie, Dale

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

Waitley, Denis

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

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Bach, Richard

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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Sister Mary Rose McGeady

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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

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

Bible

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?

Campolo, Tony

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

Bible

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A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked

Nin, Anais

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

Harvey, Paul

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Socrates

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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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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

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

William Shakespeare

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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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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Shaw, George Bernard

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I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!

Jerry Van Amerongen

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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Caddy, Eileen

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

Bradbury, Ray

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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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I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Nicklaus, Jack

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Quarles, Francis

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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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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

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

Homoka, Oscar

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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. [Ecclesiastes 2:24]

Bible

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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.

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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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