77 Funny Quotes About Life

Life is full of ups and downs, and sometimes the best way to get through the unexpected is to find something to smile about. These funny quotes about life offer a lighthearted look at everything from family and aging to work, love, holidays, and those everyday moments that do not always go according to plan.

Humor does not make our problems disappear, but it can change the way we look at them. A good laugh can help us put things in perspective and remind us not to get stuck in the doom and gloom. If you enjoy finding the lighter side of everyday experiences, you may also enjoy our Funny Poems About Life.

Updated October 3, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.

Funny Quotes About Life and Attitude

Life does not always go according to plan. These quotes remind us that a little humor can make ordinary frustrations and unexpected moments easier to handle.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss

The sense of humor is the oil of life's engine. Without it, the machinery creaks and groans. No lot is so hard, no aspect of things is so grim, but it relaxes before a hearty laugh.
G. S. Merriam

Thank goodness I'm not a ham, or a clam, or a dusty old jar of gooseberry jam. I am what I am, what a great thing to be. If I say so myself, happy everyday to me!
Dr. Seuss

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Spanish Proverb

Even though we can’t have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don’t get what we deserve.
Unknown

Find a reason to laugh each day otherwise you'll find yourself going gray.
Catherine Pulsifer, Grin, Grin, Grin

My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
Bret Michaels

When a person is wrapped up in himself, the package is usually pretty small.
Dale Brown

Life's a playground, so let's all be big kids and enjoy the swings and slides! Good morning!
Author Unknown

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you're in love.
Miles Davis

You're like an elephant, mighty and grand, without you buddy, life would be bland.
Catherine Pulsifer, A Message For Your Birthday

Can't make time go faster no matter what..as time keeps on trucking through!
Catherine Pulsifer, Time Keeps Trucking

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.
David Icke

Funny Quotes About Love, Family, and Relationships

The people closest to us often give us the most reasons to laugh. These funny observations celebrate love, marriage, family, and the memories we make together.

Frowns lay out the road fur smilin’ you’ll be wrinkled soon enough.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, What's The Use

Enjoy your life no matter the wrinkles, spread sunshine with lots of sprinkles
Catherine Pulsifer, Another Year

Gardening is cheaper than therapy – and you get tomatoes.
Unknown

As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.
C.S. Lewis

A happy wife is a happy life.
Gavin Rossdale

In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips.
Author Unknown

A hug is like a boomerang: you get it back right away.
Bill Keane

Asking me if I like reading is like asking me if I like breathing.
Author Unknown

It is only to the finest natures that age gives an added beauty and distinction; for the most persistent self has then worked its way to the surface, having modified the expression, and to some extent, the features, to its own likeness.
Mathilde Blind

Thanksgiving dinner, a comical sight, family gathered with all their might, Auntie's stuffing, so lumpy and thick, Cousin Bob's turkey, missing one leg, pretty slick!
Catherine Pulsifer, Family Laughter Strong

I can't believe I graduated. I feel like I just leveled up in a video game.
Author Unknown

May the coming year bring all that you wish And hopefully, this poem will bring me a kiss!
Catherine Pulsifer, Once Upon A Time

Marriage is like vitamins: we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements.
Kathy Mohnke

Funny Quotes About Life's Unexpected Moments

Some days bring surprises we could never plan. A lighthearted point of view can help us appreciate the funny side of everyday life.

Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
Zig Ziglar

The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.

Ice cream trucks roam, a melodic chime, sticky fingers dine in summer's prime, August's charm may be cruel at best, but hey, at least we can wear flip-flops and rest!
Catherine Pulsifer, Flip-Flops And Rest!

What is a dad? Oh, let me see, a guy who thinks he’s funny – that’s key.....but when times are tough, he’s always there, being a dad – it’s quite the affair!
Catherine Pulsifer, Dad Is Always There

There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.
Bill Shankly

The snow of age may dust our hair, it cannot reach within.
Strickland Gillilan, Keep Young At Heart

Raising kids is the only job where you work 24 hours a day and it actually costs you money.
Author Unknown

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.
Charles Schulz

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.
Lemony Snicket

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
Jules Renard

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.
Sam Lefkowitz

Sometimes talking to your Sister is all the therapy you need. Sometimes after talking to your Sister you need Therapy.
Author Unknown

Funny Quotes About Family, Aging, and Everyday Life

Family, growing older, and everyday experiences give us plenty of reasons to laugh. These quotes find humor in the people, memories, and little moments that make life interesting.

Good sense our brother, he did have for once in his life he did it right when you asked you to be his wife!
Catherine Pulsifer, By Law

Money comes, and money goes. - where it goes to, goodness knows
John Kendrick Bangs, Money

So here's to July and summer and BBQs galore, where hot dogs and hamburgers reign evermore.
Catherine Pulsifer, The Summer Food That Reigns

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
Erma Bombeck

There must be more to life I think...if I could only have my way school would be just for one day!
Catherine Pulsifer, Just For One Day

I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It’s not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It’s the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is "Delete."
Elayne Boosler

A grandfather is someone you can look up to no matter how tall you grow.
Author Unknown

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
Doug Larson

You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
Rudyard Kipling

They say with age comes wisdom, but it also comes with forgetting why you walked into a room and trying to find your glasses while they're on your head.

I’m very pleased to be here. Let’s face it, at my age I’m very pleased to be anywhere.
George Burns

Christmas works like glue. It keeps us all sticking together.
Rosie Thomas

Funny Quotes About Holidays, Seasons, and Celebrations

Holidays and special occasions bring people together, along with plenty of amusing moments. Enjoy these playful thoughts about celebrations and seasonal traditions.

My brother appears so rough and gruff but really he is a powder puff.
Kate Summers, Powder Puff

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
Reba McEntire

Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.
Charles Gordy

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
William Arthur Ward

As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
Irish Blessing

It was always the biggest fish I caught that got away.
Eugene Field

Life is like a fruitcake: often filled with nuts, but still sweet at its core. Just like Christmas!

We boil at different degrees.
Clint Eastwood

Nothing can come of nothing.
William Shakespeare

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Albert Einstein

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
Candice Bushnell

Funny Quotes About Perspective and Everyday Wisdom

Sometimes the funniest words also contain a useful truth. These final quotes encourage us to smile, keep perspective, and not take every part of life too seriously.

If you find that life is flat, full of this, with none of that, try giving!
Margaret Gordon Kuhlman

There's a town called Don't-You-Worry, on the banks of River Smile, where the Cheer-Up and Be-Happy, blossoms sweetly all the while.
L. J. Bartlett, The Town Of Don't You Worry

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.
Leo J. Burke

An apology is the super glue of life. It can repair just about anything.
Lynn Johnston

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau

In a world full of pumpkins, dare to be the pumpkin spice.
Author Unknown

Sometimes in life we need a mulligan — a new start.
Os Hillman

The years have been good to you my friend but your age keeps climbing and seems to never end
Catherine Pulsifer, Over The Hill?

The goal is to have a 'soulmate' not a cellmate.
Kevin Darne

One guarantee in life is that we all have troubles. But don't go it alone or else you will have double!
Catherine Pulsifer, Double Trouble

At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all.
Author Unknown

The easiest way to be inscrutable is to be completely straightforward and honest. Then no one will be able to figure out what you’re up to.
George Hammond

Admit it, as anglers we obsess about how big fish are; not only the inherently larger ones that get away but also those we push closer to the camera to make them appear huge.
Steve Moore, Hacking Fly Fishing

Like a house without a dooryard, like a yard without a flower....is a face without a smile!
Unknown

Conclusion

Life gives us plenty to think about, but it also gives us plenty to laugh about. From getting older and raising a family to dealing with work, relationships, holidays, and everyday surprises, humor can help us see things from a brighter point of view. I hope these funny quotes about life brought a smile to your face and reminded you that even an ordinary day can have a funny side.

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