We all have days when life throws us curveballs and feel defeated and demotivated. We become less productive and feel like we can’t reach our goals. That is when it is important to be inspired. Being inspired can help us stay motivated and focused on what we are trying to achieve.
Inspiration can come from many different sources. It could be a book, a movie, a song, or a person that you admire. It could even be something you see every day like the sunrise or sunset. Whatever it is, it should make you feel motivated and positive. Inspiration helps you believe in yourself and be more confident in your ability to achieve whatever you set out to do. It makes you more optimistic about life in general and gives you the courage to take risks.
Let’s get inspired by some funny inspirational quotes that will also make you chuckle.
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
Winnie the Pooh
“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.”
Steven Wright
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.”
Joe Girard
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”
Lily Tomlin
“A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory.”
Mark Twain
“The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.”
Unknown
“I am an early bird and a night owl… so I am wise, and I have worms”
Michael Scott
“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
“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
“Bad decisions make good stories.”
Ellis Vidler
“You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.”
Joan Rivers
“I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.”
Groucho Marx
“If the world didn’t suck, we’d all fly into space.”
Unknown
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”
Oscar Wilde
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
Mark Twain
“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
Michael Scott, The Office
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
Thomas Eddison
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
Marilyn Monroe
“Change is not a four-letter word… but often your reaction to it is!”
Jeffrey Gitomer
“Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts.”
Lt. Frank Drebin
“There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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
“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”
Steven Wright
“Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We’re unrehearsed.”
Mel Brooks
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”
Robert Frost
“The best things in life are actually really expensive.”
Unknown
“Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.”
Franklin P. Jones
“If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.”
Elvis Presley
“Think like a proton. Always positive.”
Unknown
“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
“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
“The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm.”
Malcolm Forbes
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
Jack London
“It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by then I was too famous.”
Robert Benchley
“I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.”
Unknown
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.”
Dr. Seuss
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”
Zig Ziglar
“Happiness is just sadness that hasn’t happened yet.”
Unknown
“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
“Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.”
Langston Coleman
“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.”
Ayn Rand
“Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.”
Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.”
Unknown
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
A.A. Milne
“It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”
Mitch Hedberg
“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?”
Kin Hubbard
“When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”
Erma Bombeck
“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.”
Billie Burke
“Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”
Tom Lehrer
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
“Be happy – it drives people crazy.”
Unknown
“Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.”
Unknown
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
Dalai Lama
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
Mark Twain
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.”
Frank Zappa
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
Isaac Asimov
“If you’re going to be thinking, you may as well think big.”
Donald Trump
“Every tattoo is temporary, because we’re all slowly dying.”
Unknown
“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.”
Cathy Guisewite
“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
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
Truman Capote
“I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”
Benjamin Franklin
“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
“When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.”
Unknown
“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?”
George Carli
“A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.”
Justin Sewell
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh – at yourself.”
Ethel Barrymore
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
Mae West
“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”
Louis Agassiz
“Opportunity does not knock; it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
Kyle Chandler
“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
Forrest Gump
“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”
Robin Williams
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.”
Reba McEntire
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing till you get there.”
Josh Billings
“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.”
Clairee Belcher, Steel Magnolias
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible!”
Audrey Hepburn
“Live each day like it’s your second to the last. That way you can fall asleep at night.”
Jason Love
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”
Maureen Dowd
“When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?'”
Sydney Harris
“Always remember that you are unique – just like everybody else.”
Unknown
“Trying is the first step toward failure.”
Homer Simpson
“The difference between genius and stupidity is genius has its limits.”
Albert Einstein
“I am blessed with a funny gene that makes me enjoy life.”
Karan Patel
“Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.”
Robert Bloch
“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”
Phyllis Diller
“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
Dale Carnegie
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Hating people is like burning down your own home to get rid of a rat.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”
Eugene Ionesco Decouvertes
“Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway. “
Robert Downey Jr.
“When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best – that is inspiration.”
Robert Bresson
“It could be that your purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.”
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“Aspire to inspire before we expire.”
Eugene Bell Jr
“I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was it was my own.”
Les Dawson
“You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.”
Sam Levenson
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
Terry Pratchett
Inspiration Equals Action
As Mark Twain put it “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.”
When you’re inspired, you’re more likely to act. You’ll be willing to put in the hard work and effort needed to reach your goals because you’ll know that it’s worth it.
Additionally, when you’re inspired, your creativity also increases as your brain starts to come up with more solutions and ideas for problem-solving.
Finally, inspiration helps keep us focused on our long-term goals rather than getting distracted by short-term obstacles and problems. When times are tough, getting inspired can help us push through those difficult times and stay on track with our dreams.
In conclusion, having an inspiration is important for staying motivated and achieving our goals in life. We should all strive to find something that inspires us each day and use it as fuel for our ambition and drive.
Humor Heals
Humor is a powerful tool that can help us stay positive and creative in our daily lives. It’s often overlooked as a way to stay motivated and productive, but research has shown that humor can help us think more clearly and develop creative solutions to problems.
First of all, humor can help us stay positive. When we laugh, it releases endorphins, which can reduce stress, boost our moods, and create a feeling of well-being. This can be especially helpful when we’re feeling overwhelmed or stressed out. A bit of humor can lighten up the mood and help us refocus on our goals.
Humor can also help us be more creative. When we’re laughing, we’re more relaxed and open to new ideas. That relaxed state of mind can be conducive to coming up with creative solutions to problems. Not only that, but the act of telling jokes or making funny observations can help us learn to think outside the box, as well as look at things from new perspectives.
Humor also helps bring people together. It creates a sense of connection and camaraderie among a group of people. This is especially beneficial in the workplace, where collaboration is key. A shared laugh can break down barriers and create a sense of unity and team spirit that makes it easier to work together towards a common goal.
Wrapping Up
Humor is always a great source of inspiration and it’s just plain fun! It’s an essential part of life, and it helps make even mundane tasks seem more enjoyable.
Inspiring yourself is important because it can be helpful for those who are feeling like they are unable to feel inspired or who are struggling with burnout; laughter and silliness can provide a much-needed respite from the daily grind. In short, inspiration is an incredibly useful tool that can help us stay positive and creative in our lives.
So, take some time to enjoy some good-natured laughter and open yourself to inspiration – it may just be the key to unlocking your next great idea!
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