Measure Your Success by the Degree of Joy You Experience - Shari Arison

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. — Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa’s saying begins with a striking metaphor: joy is not merely a private feeling, but an instrument that reaches outward. By calling it a “net of love,” she suggests that joy gathers people in without force, p...

Adults can benefit from play as much as children. Go ahead and dance with your dog or build something just for fun. — Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz

Katz

At first glance, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz’s quote sounds almost disarmingly simple, yet it challenges a common adult assumption: that play belongs mainly to childhood.

There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. — The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama

At its core, the Dalai Lama’s statement argues that a life centered only on personal comfort, status, or protection becomes emotionally cramped. The image of a ‘little shell’ suggests not strength but confinement: when p...

Whenever you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life. — Jean Shinoda Bolen

Jean Shinoda Bolen

Jean Shinoda Bolen’s words begin with a gentle but radical premise: joy is not a luxury to be postponed, but something worthy of deliberate space in our lives. Rather than treating soul-nourishing experiences as accident...

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It's not just pointless, it's painful. — Seth Godin

Seth Godin

Seth Godin’s line compresses a hard truth: carrying both unhappiness and mediocrity is an expensive way to live. Mediocrity already implies a quieter life—less agency, fewer risks, and smaller rewards—yet unhappiness add...

Success is no longer about how much you can endure—it's about how well you can live. — Ravi Savaliya

Ravi Savaliya

Ravi Savaliya’s line pivots success away from a grim tally of hardships survived and toward the quality of one’s everyday existence. Endurance has long been praised as a virtue, but the quote argues that merely outlastin...