Joy Quote by Dmitri Mendeleev

Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

“But our pleasures are, by their very nature, fleeting. If we enjoy some great professional success, our feelings of accomplishment remain vivid and intoxicating…

— Sam Harris

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

— C S Lewis

I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

“After all, it is far better, reasonably, to have continual satisfaction and mild enjoyment in your job than to daily do something you detest…

— H. Spencer Lewis

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

— Aristotle

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

— C. S. Lewis

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

— John Lubbock

Pleasures remain. So does the pain

— Depeche Mode

“You can only derive pleasure from work when it is in the sphere of your calling”

— Sunday Adelaja

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.

— John C. Maxwell

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

— Juvenal