Motivational Quotes

Joy

Joy, has no cost.

- Williamson, Marianne

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Joys divided are increased.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Waitley, Denis

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

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

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

Platen

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The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish.

Schwab, Charles M.

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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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Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Colgrove, Dr. Melba

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

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Joy, has no cost.

Williamson, Marianne

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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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The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

20.

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

Caddy, Eileen

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

25.

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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Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Aurelius, Marcus

27.

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

Biondi, Matt

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

Michel de Montaigne

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

Depew, Chauncey

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

Bible

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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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The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Reade, Charles

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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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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Euripides

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

Thackeray, William M.

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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.

Cesare Pavese

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

Earnhardt, Dale

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

Stanislaw J. Lec

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

Sarnoff, David

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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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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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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