Sometimes, we don’t need another motivational quote telling us to “work harder” or “never give up” but what we really need is a good laugh and a reminder that it’s okay to not have it all together. These funny demotivational quotes are sarcastic, brutally honest, and perfectly relatable when life feels a little too serious.
If you’re tired of the hustle culture, struggling through Monday, or just need a reality check with some humor, these funny demotivational quotes are here to make you laugh and remind you not to take everything so seriously.
Funny Demotivational Quotes
1. “Remember: every corpse on Mt. Everest was once a motivated person.”
2. “The light at the end of the tunnel might be an oncoming train.”
3. “Just because you’re special, doesn’t mean you’re useful”
4. “It’s never too late to give up.”
5. “You tried your best and you failed. The lesson is: never try.”
6. “Trying is the first step to failing!”
7. “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
8. “Don’t follow your friends off a bridge; lead them.”
9. “I can’t fuck it up if I don’t do it in the first place.”
10. “Whenever I’m about to give up, I remind myself the world would be a better place without me and I simply cannot let that happen.”
11. “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”
12. “It may be that the purpose of your life is to serve as a warning for others.”
13. “Even if you change the world, it doesn’t mean it won’t change right back.”
14. “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.”
15. “They say nothing is impossible but I do nothing everyday” – Winnie the Pooh
16. “I think, therefore I get a headache.”
17. “The sooner you get behind, the more time you have to catch up.”
18. “Not everything worth doing is worth doing well”.
19. “Don’t beat yourself up over past mistakes. You are going to fuck up again in the future, quite possibly in the most spectacular fashion. Why worry about yesterday’s fuck ups when you have tomorrow’s fuck ups to look forward to?”
20. “Don’t be a part of the problem. Be the whole problem.”
21. “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.”
22. “If you expect nothing, you’ll never be disappointed.”
23. “Procrastinate today… panic tomorrow.”
24. “If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.”
25. “Dreams don’t work unless you’re asleep.”
26. “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” — Charles Schulz
27. “Teamwork makes the dream… mildly inconvenient for everyone.”
28. “Why do today what you can put off indefinitely?”
29. “Ambition is a poor excuse for not taking a nap.”
30. “Don’t give up on your dreams… keep sleeping.”
31. “Your life can’t fall apart if you never had it together.”
32. “Hard work pays off later. Laziness pays off now.”
33. “Hard work often leads to exhaustion, not success.”
34. “Aim low. Avoid embarrassment.”
35. “Success is optional. Regret is guaranteed.”
36. “Never underestimate the power of doing nothing.”
37. “Life is short. Waste it wisely.”
38. “Trying hard is the fastest way to exhaustion.”
39. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single sigh.”
40. “Go big or go home.”
41. “If at first you don’t succeed, just give up.”
42. “Not everything is a lesson, sometimes we just fail.”
43. “What doesn’t kill you only makes you weaker and more susceptible to death next time.”
44. “Just remember, you’re unique. Just like everybody else.”
45. “Failure is just success that hasn’t happened yet. And might never happen.”
46. “The only thing all of your failures have in common is you”.
47. “Success is just failure that hasn’t happened yet”.
48. “Don’t let anyone tell you that dreams can’t come true; my life’s turned into a long, waking nightmare”.
49. “Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you’re stupid and make bad decisions.” – Marion G. Harmon
50. “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” – Alan Dundes
51. “If life doesn’t break you today, don’t worry. It will try again tomorrow.”
52. “People who say they’ll give 110% don’t understand how percentages work.”
53. “A thousand-mile journey starts with one step. Then again, so does falling in a ditch and breaking your neck.”
54. “Those who doubt your ability probably have a valid reason.”
55. “If you never try anything new, you’ll miss out on many of life’s great disappointments”
56. “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” – W.C. Fields
57. “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” – Albert Einstein
58. “Everyone’s good at something, and you’re the best at not being good at anything.”
59. “To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”
60. “When life knocks you down, stay there and take a nap.”
61. “Believe in yourself – because the rest of us think you’re an idiot.”
62. “Nothing says ‘you’re a loser’ more than owning a motivational poster about being a winner.”
63. “Not everything is a lesson. Sometimes you just fail.” – Dwight Schrute
64. “Doing nothing is very hard to do… you never know when you’re finished.”
65. “The reward for good work is more work”. – Francesca Elisia
66. “Go ahead and take risks – it gives the rest of us something to laugh at.”
67. “There’s always someone on Youtube that can do it better than you.”
68. “Quitters never win, and winners never quit talking about how they won.”
69. “Better discourage a man’s climbing than help him to break his neck.”
70. “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.” – Jane Austen
71. “You’re naturally funny because your life is a joke.”
72. “Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.” – William Goldman
73. “Challenging yourself… is a good way to fail.” – Dom Mazzetti
74. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because if you don’t, everyone will ask you what’s wrong.”
75. “The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.” – Steven Wright
76. “Today is the first day of the rest of your life. But so was yesterday, and look how that turned out.”
77. “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 Carey1. “The secret of my success? I make a list of things not to do, and then I check them off as I don’t do them.”
78. “We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.” – George Bernard Shaw
79. “Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how much money you have.”
80. “Never give up. Never stop trying to exceed your limits. We need the entertainment.”
81. “Life’s a bitch, and then you die.”
82. “If you never believe in anything, you’ll never be disappointed.”
83. “Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.” – Cassern S. Goto
84. “Life better be a destination because this journey sucks.”
85. “Getting fit is all about mind over matter. I don’t mind, so it doesn’t matter.”
86. “If you give up on your dreams that may free up some time to get some actual stuff done.”
87. “If at first, you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.”
88. “The best things in life are actually really expensive.”
89. “When work feels overwhelming, remember that you’re going to die.”
90. “I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.” – W.C. Fields
91. “Life is what happens when you’re busy reading inspirational quotes.”
92. “Multitasking, the art of doing twice as much as you should half as well as you could.”
93. “There’s no limit to what you can be if you lie to yourself.”
94. “Every day is a new chance for you to screw up again.”
95. “I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early” – Charles Lamb
96. “Get to work, you aren’t being paid to believe in the power of your dreams.”
97. “Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.”
98. “Some people are born losers, others have to learn the hard way.”
99. “Happiness is just sadness that hasn’t happened yet.”
This sums up our collection of the best and funny demotivational quotes.
So yeah… life can be messy, confusing, and a little ridiculous. At the end of the day, it’s okay to admit that not every moment is inspiring, and that’s what makes life funny. Sometimes, the best kind of motivation is realizing that we’re all just winging it anyway.
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