Humor Quotes

"Good-humor makes all things tolerable." Henry Ward Beecher

"Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture." Konrad Lorenz

"Humor can be as beneficial to the body as aerobic exercise; a good hearty laugh can give every system in your body - your heart, your lungs, your circulation, your muscles - a rousing inner workout." Amy E. Dean

"When we lose our sense of humor, we lose our perspective on life." Anne Wilson Schaef

"Good –humor is goodness and wisdom combined." Owen Meredith

"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it." Frank A. Clark

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society." William Thackeray

"Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it." Henry Ward Beecher

"Humor to a man is like a feather pillow." Irish Proverb



"It is better to laugh about your problems than to cry about them." Jewish Proverb

"The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused." - Shirely MacLaine

"The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed." Nicolas Chamfort

"What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . . . form of jogging for the innards, but that it creates a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work, too." Norman Cousins

"While spending a lifetime finding the answer, along the way I discovered humor makes the journey a lot more enjoyable." Patricia Heller, If You Hear the Message Three Times, LISTEN

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly." Wisdom from Jim Rohn

"Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility." Thomas Jefferson

"A sense of humor can help you cope with situations that otherwise may seem hopeless." Catherine Pulsifer

"A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable." Billy Graham

"Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'." Donald Rumsfeld

"But, I still firmly believe that a little humor goes a long way in life. We need to not only be able to laugh at ourselves, but to take a deep breath when we get far too serious far too often." Byron Pulsifer, The Humorous Foot

"His wry sense of humour and his stalwart courage were an inspiring example to so many. His ability to laugh at Life's idiosyncrasies and himself in a self deprecating way taught that most valuable of lessons: 'to be of good cheer, no matter what Life threw at you, and ever to find the hope that dwells in every human heart'. " John McLeod,

"Practice easing your way along. Don't get het up or in a dither. Do your best; take it as it comes. You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor. " Smiley Blanton, MD

"A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and truth in front of patriotic passion." Henry Louis Mencken