Who says inspiration has to be serious?
Sometimes, the best kind of motivation comes with a pinch of humor. Whether you’re dealing with the chaos of work, figuring out life one coffee at a time, or chasing success (and your sanity), a good laugh can be just as uplifting as a pep talk.
We’ve collected up the best funny inspirational quotes because a little humor makes everything easier to handle. These quotes will make you laugh, nod in agreement, and remind you that even in the messiest moments, you’re doing just fine.
Funny Inspirational Quotes
1. “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” – Oscar Wilde
2. “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” — Isaac Asimov
3. “I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later.” — Mitch Hedberg
4. “The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” —Lucille Ball
5. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” — Phyllis Diller
6. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” – Joe Girard
7. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
8. “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
9. “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – Winnie the Pooh
10. “Change is not a four letter word… but often your reaction to it is!” – Jeffrey Gitomer
11. “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you will be happy. If you get a bad one, you will be a philosopher.” — Socrates
12. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama
13. “I’ll probably never fully become what I wanted to be when I grew up, but that’s probably because I wanted to be a ninja princess.” – Cassandra Duffy
14. “Optimist: someone 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
15. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers
16. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
17. “Live each day like it’s your second to the last. That way you can fall asleep at night.” – Jason Love
18. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Eddison
19. “Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.” – Robert Bloch
20. “By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” – Robert Frost
21. “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles Schulz
22. “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
23. “When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.” – Unknown
24. “People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard
25. “Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” — Robert Orben
26. “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
27. “Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.” — Bill Murray
28. “Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.” — Leslie Nielsen
29. “My sales objective is to get my prospects to look at my products the same way I look at bacon.” — Kurt Mortensen
30. “Although your customers won’t love you if you give bad service, your competitors will.” — Kate Zabriskie
31. “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” — Randy Pausch
32. “If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude MacDonald
33. “The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” — Marvin Phillips
34. “The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” — Robert Frost
35. “Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he’s supposed to be doing at that moment.” — Robert Benchley
36. “If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.” — Dave Barry
37. “My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.” —Dave Barry
38. “Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then, by all means, follow that path.” —Ellen DeGeneres
39. “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I’ll find it along the way.” —Michael Scott, The Office
40. “Why can’t parents just stay parents? You know? Why do they have to become people?” —Rachel Green, Friends
41. “Fate is just what you call it when you don’t know the name of the person screwing you over.” —Lois, Malcolm in the Middle
42. “I love a good nap. Sometimes it’s the only thing getting me out of bed in the morning.” —George Costanza, Seinfeld
43. “Here’s some advice I wish I woulda got when I was your age: Live every week like it’s Shark Week.” —Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock
44. “When you’re in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun.’” —Groucho Marx
45. “People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to WalMart, so be it.” ― Maynard James Keenan
46. “Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons.” ― Mark Twain
47. “If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments.” — Earl Wilson
48. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” — Kyle Chandler
49. “I find television very educating. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.” — Groucho Marx
50. “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” — Charles M. Schulz
51. “If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.” —Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld
52. “I am an early bird and a night owl… so I’m wise and I have worms.” — Michael Scott (The Office)
53. “Change is not a four-letter word… but your reaction to it might be.” — Jeffrey Gitomer
54. “It takes less time to do something right than to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
55. “Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.” — Oscar Wilde
56. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up — and complain about it later.”
57. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” — Oscar Wilde
58. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique — just like everyone else.” — Margaret Mead
59. “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” — Alan Dundes
60. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile, mostly because no one’s there.” — Roger Staubach
61. “If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” — Mario Andretti
62. “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth it.” — Herm Albright
Short Funny Inspirational Quotes
1. “Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.” — Earl Wilson
2. “If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.”
3. “If you’re too busy to laugh, you’re too busy.”
4. “You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.” —Henry Youngman
5. “If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?” —Lily Tomlin
6. “Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.” —Mae West
7. “Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.” —Jules Renard
8. “God helps those who strut their stuff.” ― Dan Sofer, A Love and Beyond
9. “The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.” ― Lev Grossman, The Magicians
10. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
11. “Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.” —Richard Jeni
12. “I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” — Jerome K. Jerome
13. “Customers are like teeth. Ignore them and they’ll go away.” — Jerry Flanagan
14. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” — Milton Berle
15. “You never become a howling success by just howling.” — Bob Harrington
16. “Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.” – Billie Burke
17. “Think like a proton. Always positive.” – Unknown
18. “Be happy – it drives people crazy.” – Unknown
19. “Bad decisions make good stories.” – Ellis Vidler
20. “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” – Steven Wright
21. “A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory.” – Mark Twain
22. “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” — Benjamin Franklin
23. “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” — Steven Wright
24. “Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.” — Maryon Pearson
25. “Don’t give up on your dreams. Keep sleeping.”
26. “Some days I amaze myself. Other days I put my keys in the fridge.”
27. “If you can’t be kind, at least be vague.” ―Judith Martin
28. “There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” —Jerry Seinfeld
29. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ―Oscar Wilde
30. “Instant gratification takes too long.” ―Carrie Fisher
31. “If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.” — Steven Wright
32. “Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.” —Ellen DeGeneres
33. “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” ―Mae West
34. “Love is blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.” —Pauline Thomason
35. “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” —Steve Martin
36. “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” — Jim Carrey
Funny Inspirational Quotes about Life
1. “Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” — Katharine Hepburn
2. “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer
3. “Life is like Wi-Fi: sometimes it works, sometimes it’s just buffering.”
4. “Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.”
5. “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.” —Reba McEntire
6. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how dramatic you make it.”
7. “I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” – Ron White
8. “When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.” – Cathy Guisewite
9. “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” – Tom Lehrer
10. “There are few things in life harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.” — Barack Obama
11. “A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain.” — Graham Norton
Funny Inspirational Quotes about Work
1. “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” — Oscar Wilde
2. “The reward for a job well done is… more work.”
3. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you realize you could’ve just delegated it.”
4. “I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” — Charles Lamb
5. “I pretend to work; they pretend to pay me.”
6. “Work hard so you can afford to hit snooze tomorrow too.”
7. “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life… because they’re not hiring in that field.”
8. “Some people see things that are and ask, ‘Why?’ Some people dream of things that never were and ask, ‘Why not?’ Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” —George Carlin
9. “What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.” —Phyllis Diller
10. “Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” —Edward Bergen
11. “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” — Douglas Adams
12. “Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called everybody, and they meet at the bar.” —Drew Carey
13. “Confidence is 10% hard work and 90% delusion.” —Tina Fey
14. “We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third.” — Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation
15. “Why be moody when you can shake your booty at work?”
16. “Teamwork is important; it helps to put the blame on someone else.”
Life’s too short to take everything so seriously and these funny inspirational quotes prove it. Whether they made you chuckle or gave you a much-needed dose of perspective, each one is a little reminder that laughter really is one of the best motivators.
So the next time work gets wild, life feels confusing, or success seems far away, take a deep breath, smile, and remember: if you can laugh through it, you can get through it!
Bookmark these funny inspirational quotes for those moments when work (or life) feels a little too real!
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