Real Joy Quotes

• What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Happiness, Laughter, Truth

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

  Wilfred Grenfell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Real

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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

  Basketball, Real, Winning

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  Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

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• Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

  Mother Teresa

  Happiness, Happy, Faith

  Mother Teresa (1987). “My Life for the Poor”

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• This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, True Joy

  Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)

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• Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.

  Mother Teresa

  Strength, True Joy, Giving

  Mother Teresa (1987). “My Life for the Poor”

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• This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Motivational, Happiness, Laughter

  Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)

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• We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.

  Mitsugi Saotome

  Challenges, Growth, Spiritual Community

  Mitsugi Saotome (1993). “Aikido and the Harmony of Nature”, p.340, Shambhala Publications

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• When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

  John Ridley

  Real, Character, Doors

  Source: collider.com

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• It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience.

  Martin Fry

  Real, Joy, Records

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• The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Real, Writing

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• I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.

  Bob Seger

  Real, Joy, Musician

  "Rock and Roll Never Forgets: An Interview With Bob Seger". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.

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• Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life.

  Albert Brooks

  Life, Happiness, Fear

  "Fictional character: Bob Diamond". "Defending Your Life", www.imdb.com. March 22, 1991.

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• Real joy is not found in having the best of everything but in trusting that God is making the best of everything.

  Ann Voskamp

  Real, Joy, Found

  Twitter post from Feb 04, 2016

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• Real joy is becoming exceedingly rare among artists of any kind. And I have an idea that those who can and do communicate it are always people who have had a hard time. Then the joy has no smugness or self-righteousness in it, is inclusive not exclusive, and comes close to prayer.

  May Sarton

  Prayer, Real, Artist

  May Sarton (2014). “Journal of a Solitude”, p.127, Open Road Media

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• A country can get more real joy out of just hollering for their freedom than they can if they get it.

  Will Rogers

  Country, Freedom, Real

  Will Rogers (1982). “The Writings of Will Rogers”

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• Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in keeping the romance of living going. Nothing gives such complete and profound happiness as the perpetually fresh wonder and mystery of exciting life.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Lying, Real

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• I hadn't made that movie before and when I ever met the real Joy Mangano, which happened because De Niro insisted we meet her and her father, that's what she felt like to us. She impressed us with her quiet, serene authority with herself.

  David O. Russell

  Father, Real, Joy

  "How Director David O. Russell Discovered 'Joy'". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.

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• Serving God - what more beautiful thing is there to do! The only real joy is to be a servant of God, and that means being awake all the time to the needs of the moment.... We cannot have any preconceived ideas of what service means. We never know from one moment to the next, what will be asked of us.

  Reshad Feild

  Beautiful, Real, Mean

  Reshad Feild (1996). “The Last Barrier: A Universal Search for Self Discovery”, Element Books Limited

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• Yeah, we were looking for a way to represent adulthood and the passing into adulthood. And I think, for me personally and a lot of the folks that I work with, childhood is kind of a sacred, special kind of point in time that has a real joy and purity to it. And we sort of long on a daily basis to reach back and kind of grab onto that in some way.

  Pete Docter

  Real, Thinking, Long

  "It's All In Your Head: Director Pete Docter Gets Emotional In 'Inside Out'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 10, 2015.

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• I didn't really enjoy modeling in Bombay. I floated through it in the hopes that I would get my ticket to the next big thing. There was no real joy that I got out of it, to be really honest.

  Freida Pinto

  Real, Joy, Next

  Source: www.usmagazine.com

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• It's a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn't happen often to me.

  Kate Bush

  Real, Joy, Moved

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I speak of God's love and grace and redemption and freedom, but when I say "in the context of this community," it is heard differently. To be with people so obviously broken, so obviously handicapped, and here to discover real joy and peace - that makes the Word of God come alive.

  Henri Nouwen

  Real, Broken, People

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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• If you Need to convince others that you’re happy, then you have Not found real Joy.
  If you Need to impress others with material objects, then you do Not understand true Wealth.
  If you Need to correct others, then you have Not looked in the mirror.
  If you Need to put others down, you have Not connected to your Higher Self.
  Know Yourself. Be Honest with Yourself. Don’t be a teacher or judge, be an... Example.

  Eric Allen

  Teacher, Real, Mirrors

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