85 Life Quotes — Inspiring the Happy, Good and Funny in Life

• 2024-09-06

Here are 85 inspiring life quotes that reflect the happy, good, and sometimes funny aspects of life. These quotes are sure to uplift and motivate you:

Happiness and Positivity

1.“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama

2.“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

3.“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” — John Lennon

4.“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” — Jim Rohn

5.“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama

6.“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” — John Barrymore

7.“Do more of what makes you happy.” — Anonymous

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

Motivation and Success

9.“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

10.“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

11.“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” — Roy T. Bennett

12.“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau

13.“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson

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

15.“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” — Maya Angelou

Life Lessons

16.“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” — Robert Frost

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

18.“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey

19.“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” — Dan Reeves

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

21.“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll

Humor and Wit

22.“Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you. Cheers!” — Unknown

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

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

25.“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” — Jim Carrey

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

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

28.“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” — Douglas Adams

Personal Growth and Self-Discovery

29.“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis

30.“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

31.“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

32.“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell

33.“The only journey is the one within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

34.“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs

Overcoming Challenges

35.“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene

36.“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C.S. Lewis

37.“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden

38.“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott

39.“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

40.“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine

These are just a few to get you started! These quotes offer a wide range of inspiration, humor, and wisdom, reminding us to cherish the good, handle the bad with grace, and find joy in every moment.