Real Joy Quotes

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

  John Ridley

  Real, Character, Doors

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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 only really watch sport. That's where you see real joy. I don't like watching much else on TV, because it's generally either twisted or sad.

  Roger Milla

  Sports, Real, Joy

  Interview With Paul Doyle, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2006.

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• We find real joy when we keep the Savior the focus of the season.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Real, Focus, Joy

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• This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert...
  everyone has this sense of rejoicing.
  I don't want them to be blown away by what I do,
  I want them to have this sense of real, real joy
  from the depths of their being.
  Because I think when you take them to that place,
  then you open up a place where grace can come in.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Real, Thinking, Joy

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• The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.

  Marc Benioff

  Powerful, Real, People

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• The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Real, Joy

  Twitter post from Mar 01, 2016

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• Modern society seems to be a celebration of all the things that lead away from the Truth, make Truth hard to live for, and discourage people from even believing that it exists.
  And to think that all this springs from a civilization that claims to adore life, but actually starves it of any real meaning; that endlessly speaks of making people “happy”, but in fact blocks their way to the source of real joy.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Block, Spring, Real

  Sogyal Rinpoche (2009). “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• Real joy and happiness come from living in such a way that our Heavenly Father will be pleased with us. ... One cannot break God's commandments and be happy. We should remember the scripture, "Wickedness never was happiness"

  W. Eugene Hansen

  Life, Father, Real

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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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• 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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• 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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• The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hopes, is to deprive one's self of the real joy of living.

  David O. McKay

  Religious, Stars, Kindness

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• Every day has its great grief or its small anxiety. ... One cloud is dispelled, another forms. There is hardly one day in a hundred of real joy and bright sunshine.

  Victor Hugo

  Real, Grief, Sunshine

  Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works: Les Miserables (St. Denis)”, p.184, Wildside Press LLC

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• Finding the real joy of #‎ Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of #‎ gifts . We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Real, Focus, Joy

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