Motivational Quotes

Joy

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

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

Sikorski, Gerry

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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

Chuang Tzu

Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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

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

Platen

11.

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

Leboeuf, Michael

12.

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

Thomas Campbell

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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

14.

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

Vauclain, Samuel

15.

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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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

Depew, Chauncey

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

Waitley, Denis

18.

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

19.

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

20.

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

Biondi, Matt

21.

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.

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs.

Paul, Jean

25.

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

Sir Edward Dyer

26.

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

Harvey, Paul

27.

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

28.

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

32.

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

Michel de Montaigne

33.

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

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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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'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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Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Macinness, Helen

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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Twain, Mark

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Tourneur, Cyril

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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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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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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

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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.

46.

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

Bach, Richard

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

Bradbury, Ray

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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

49.

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach