Short Funny Inspirational Quotes to Help You Take on the Day

We can all use a pick me up now and then, and what is more helpful than an inspirational quote with a hint of humor to it? Which is why we have put together a list of all the best short funny inspirational quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short funny inspirational sayings, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

Short Funny Inspirational Quotes

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“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin

“You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself.” —Mindy Kaling

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

“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.” – H. L. Mencken

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

“If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?” – Lily Tomlin

“When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade and then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” — Ron White

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

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

“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” – E.A. Bucchianeri

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

“Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget tossing in the lifeboats.” — Voltaire

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

“You can’t live an exceptional life by being “normal.”” – Nick Maley

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“If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.” — Billy Wilder

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

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon

“Everything is figureoutable.”— Marie Forleo

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

“I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” – Douglas Adams

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

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

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

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

 “Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.” — Ellen DeGeneres

“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.” – Don Marquis

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles Schulz

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” — Marilyn Monroe

“Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.” – Lisa Hoffman

“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” – Albert Einstein

“Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.” – Ellen DeGeneres

“Every morning is a revolution against the darkness.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz

“I’m an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.” – Harold Wilson

“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

“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.” —Nikki Giovanni

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”—Confucius

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

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

“Life is short. Be silly. Have fun. Regret nothing.” – Karen Salmansohn

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

“You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.” – Shawn Achor

“I am only human, although I regret it.” – Mark Twain

“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” – Stephen Hawking

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

“Haters are just confused admirers because they can’t figure out the reason why everyone loves you.” — Jeffree Star

“Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.” —S. C. Lourie

“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” — Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer

“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” – Winnie the Pooh

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

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde

“I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!” – Tom Lehrer

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Dale Carnegie

“Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion.” – Tina Fey

“It’s okay to look at the past and the future. Just don’t stare.” — Benjamin Dover

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

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the futre.” – Niels Bohr

“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.”

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

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

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

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – A. A. Milne

“Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.” – Thomas Dewar

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.” – Mae West

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

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” – Confucius

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

“I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.” – H. Kyle Seale

“A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory.” — Mark Twain

“You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it’s your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You’re probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you’re gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.” – Chris Rock

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.” – Gustave Flaubert

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” — Elbert Hubbard

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks

“Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” — Jim Carrey

“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

“True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.” – William Goldman

“Be happy, it drives people crazy.” — Paulo Coelho

“The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.” —Yiddish Proverb

“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

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

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

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

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

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says “I’m possible!” – Audrey Hepburn

“Aspire to inspire before we expire.” — Eugene Bell Jr.

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

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss

“It’s not your job to be likeable. It’s your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” — Margaret Thatcher

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns

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

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

“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” —Thomas S. Monson

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

“oh, yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it or learn from it.” — Rafiki, “the Lion King”

“Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway.“ — Robert Downey Jr.

“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

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

“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” –Chinese Proverb

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” – Steven Wright

“Bad decisions make good stories.” — Ellis Vidler

“It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.” – Naval Ravikant

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein

“You never fail until you stop trying.” – Albert Einstein

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

“Don’t be like the rest of them darling.” —Coco Chanel

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

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.” — Ethel Barrymore

“If you don’t have wrinkles, you haven’t laughed enough.” — Phyllis Diller

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” – Mark Twain

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen

“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” — Sam Levenson

“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright

“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl S. Bailey

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” —Katharine Hepburn

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama

“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.” – William Hazlitt

“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi

“Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Rhonda Byrne

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon

“The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin

“It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald

“Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” — Mark Twain

“Be happy. It really annoys negative people.” – Ricky Gervais

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” —Florence Nightingale

“Do or do not. There is no try. “ — Yoda

“Finally, FRIDAY! Be easy today! Remember, it’s a job. I know it is how we eat and pay bills and provide health care to our family. But keep it in perspective; get there, do the best job you can, earn your check, and leave it at your desk at 5! Your REAL life begins when you end the workday. Save your emotional energy for that!!” ― Liz Faublas

“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Shawshank Redemption

“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball

“Life is good. Or at least, it’s always interesting.” – Joss Stone

“Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.” – Jackie Mason

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

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain

“Happiness is not doing fun things. Happiness is doing meaningful things.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anaïs Nin

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

“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” – Benjamin Franklin

“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” – Pearl Bailey

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

“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.” – Will Rogers

“In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.” – Luvvie Ajayi

“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” – Rita Mae Brown

“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Zig Ziglar

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

“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra

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

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

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

“You go in with a positive attitude and stay there.” – Shelley Long

“Positive energy knows no boundaries.” – Lu Wei

“Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All the Things That Could Go Wrong.” – Marianne Williamson

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

So that is it for our list of Short Funny Inspirational Quotes and Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one for you!

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