Best Laughter Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.”

“The Skeleton”

“You can’t be beaten by something you laugh at.”

“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”

“Not words.”

“A day without laughter is like living in darkness; you try to find your way around, but you can't see clearly.”

“We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary.”

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”

“In 1881, being on a visit to Boston, my wife and I found ourselves in the Parker House with the”

“THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINS”

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”

“Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.”

“There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.”

“Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.”

“Laughter is carbonated holiness.”

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”

“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”