82+ Funny Inspirational Quotes To Make You Smile

Funny inspirational quotes on life, work and struggles will make you laugh and think at the same time.

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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

You can’t shine like a diamond, if you not willing to get cut like a diamond! Eric Thomas

The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs one step at a time. Joe Girard

Be happy, it drives people crazy. Paulo Coelho

The only time I feel light-hearted is when I’m in a plane at 33,000 feet. Robert Rivers

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh

Bad decisions make good stories. Ellis Vidler

A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. Mark Twain

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished If you’re alive it isn’t. Richard Bach

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The possible is just the impossible that we’ve come to accept. Stewart Stafford

Aspire to inspire before we expire. Eugene Bell Jr.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. Andy Rooney

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. Franklin P. Jones

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. Bill Watterson

Hating people is like burning down your own home to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese. Billie Burke

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. Terry Pratchett

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If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. Marie Osmond

Awesome things will happen today if you choose not to be a miserable cow.

An Optimistic person who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s more like a cha cha. Robert Brault

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett

If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. Yogi Berra

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People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone. Reba McEntire

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. Robert Frost

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See the world like a big wardrobe. Everybody has his own costume. There is only one that fits you perfectly. George Harris

I cannot afford to waste my time making money. Louis Agassiz

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. Isaac Asimov

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. Oscar Wilde

Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.

Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. Lord Byron

If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you. Steven Wright

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning, and you think, ‘I’m not going to make it’, but you laugh inside remembering all the times you’ve felt that way. Charles Bukowski

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The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. Albert Einstein

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. Vaclav Havel

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. Dalai Lama

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? Steven Wright

A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. Winston Churchill

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying. Oscar Wilde

Life is too short to be serious all the time. So, if you can’t laugh at yourself, Call me I’ll laugh at you.

It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye. Cathy Guisewite

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I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best that is inspiration. Robert Bresson

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia. Charles Schulz

When life brings big winds of change that almost blow you over, close your eyes, hang on tight, and believe. Lisa Lieberman Wang

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Think like a proton. Always positive.

Kill them with success and bury them with a smile.

The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open. Frank Zappa

You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it. Robin Williams

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Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. Charles J. Sykes

If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck. Elvis Presley

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes. Marie von Ebner Eschenbach

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. Will Rogers

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. Steven Wright

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? Albert Einstein

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold Geneen

Friendship is like peeing on yourself everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings. Robert Bloch

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education. Mark Twain

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When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

Happiness is just sadness that hasn’t happened yet.

Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Og Mandino

Every tattoo is temporary, because we’re all slowly dying.

There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do. Amy Poehler

The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.

Always remember that you are unique just like everybody else.

I am an early bird and a night owl so I am wise and I have worms. Michael Scott, The Office

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand? Captain Jack Sparrow

Working hard is important. But there is something that matters more, believing yourself. Harry Potter

I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. Patches O’Houlihan

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Willy Wonka

Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Star Wars

There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I know worrying works, because none of the stuff I worried about ever happened. Will Rogers

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by then I was too famous. Robert Benchley