Along the way, we learn to laugh at ourselves. Like what William Arthur Ward said:"To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity."
Importance To Learn To Laugh At Yourself
According to Susan Sparks, author of "Laugh Your Way To Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor", if you can laugh at yourself, you can forgive yourself.Below is a great list of cute life quotes, wisecracks, silly sayings and insightful quotations to bring humor into our lives. They can lighten our mood and make us feel good.
These truly funny life quotations make great ice-breaker, and they are fun to share with friends. As Danish comedian, conductor and pianist, Victor Borge said: “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
“The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.” - Kurt Vonnegut
"Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch it to be sure." - Murphy’s Law
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'." - Homer Simpson
“If no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely?” - George Carlin (When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?)
“Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends” - Barbara Johnson
“Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.” - Charles M. Schulz
“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” - Charles M. Schulz
“He who laughs last ... just didn't get the joke.” - Carroll Bryant
“Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.”
“It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.” - Oscar Wilde
"Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere." - George Burns
"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said." - Mark Twain
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” - Oscar Wilde
"If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else." - Mignon McLaughlin (The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960)
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - Les Brown
“We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts.” - Criss Jami (Killosophy)
"You can only be young once. But you can always be immature." - David Barry
“I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.” - Oscar Wilde
Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.” - Criss Jami (Killosophy)
"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else." - Will Rogers
"To the world you are one person, but to one person you are the world." - Unknown
"Men are like roses, watch out for all of the pricks." - Jill Shalvis
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde
"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did–in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car." - Bob Monkhouse
"Have the courage to live. Anyone can die." - Robert Cody
"Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back." - Oscar Wilde
“Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.” - Oscar Wild
"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it." - Charlie Chaplin
"It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do." - Amy Poehler
"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not." - Vaclav Havel
"I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously." - Alan Rickman
"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly." - Rose Franken
"Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you." - Mel Brooks
"If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
"I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren’t funny." - Michael Caine
"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment." - Horace
"God invented mankind because he loved silly stories." - Ralph Steadman
"I like being absurd." - Jimmy Fallon
"And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I’d probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up." - J.D. Salinger
"If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane." - Robert Frost
"You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing." - George Bernard Shaw
"Nothing feels as good to me as laughing incredibly hard." -Steve Carell
“Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.” - Gordon B. Hinckley