Motivational Quotes

Joy

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

- Secker, Thomas

Best Quotes about Joy

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

Bible

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

Howe, Gordie

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

Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Wagner, Richard

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

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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

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

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

Graham, Katherine

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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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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

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If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Buddha

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He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

Secker, Thomas

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

Sarnoff, David

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

Waitley, Denis

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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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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Blair, Hugh

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Jordan, Michael

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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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Joy is free, unrestrained passion

Stukane, Eileen

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

William Shakespeare

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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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A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Talmud, The

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Don't complain because you don't have. Enjoy what you've got.

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Bradbury, Ray

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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