Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer. — Reinhold Niebuhr
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. — Mark Twain
A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. — Hugh Sidey
Good humor and laughter are far too wonderful not to come straight from the heart of God. — Beth Moore
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. — Lord Chesterfield
A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge. — Dave Barry
Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. — Max Eastman
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. — James Thurber
Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture. — Konrad Lorenz
Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. — Viktor E. Frankl
Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. — Romain Gary
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. — Roman Gary
A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life. — Arabic Proverbs
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. — Charles Dickens
Laughter is the best medicine in the world. — Milton Berle
Humor was a good way to hide the pain. — Rick Riordan
Laughter is inner jogging. — Norman Cousins
Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery. — Bill Mauldin
Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul. — Thomas Mann
Humor And Laughter Image Quotes
Every time you find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.
Fun And Laughter Quotes
A 'naughty pickle' is how I'd best describe myself. I think fun and laughter is the whole point of life. — Celia Imrie
I try to not take myself too seriously and just have fun when I’m not playing. — Paul Pogba
We're sending you best wishes
And hope your day goes well
And that you'll find some memories
With stories you can tell
Of how you had a marvelous time
And those around you too
With fun and lots of laughter
And all this just for you..
Have a Very Happy Birthday — Janet Horne
Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.
In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured. — Gordon B. Hinckley
If you go to bed at night and think about your day and you haven't laughed very much, then you must jump out of bed and go do something fun. — Marlo Morgan
Laughter is a holy thing. It is as sacred as music and silence
and solemnity, maybe more sacred. Laughter is like a prayer, like
a bridge over which creatures tiptoe to meet each other. Laughter
is like mercy; it heals. When you can laugh at yourself, you are
free. — Ted Loder
Every time you are able to find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. — Oprah Winfrey
Don't take life too seriously. Have fun in your life. And, never forget my mantra - love and laughter supersede all! — Lisa Vanderpump
In my work I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it that laughter is healthy; showing it that the human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars. — Walt Disney
Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures. — Winston Churchill
Humour And Laughter Quotes
Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies. — Barry Cryer
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. — Charles Dickens
The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Determine to live life with flair and laughter.
Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense, dancing. Those who lack humour are without judgment and should be trusted with nothing. — Clive James
If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. — Eric Idle
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. — Bill Cosby
The best thing in life are free.
Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter. — George Gissing
Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a 'feel good' factor. — Semir Zeki
When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight. — Jerome Lawrence
Laughter is an independent, tremendously important, and lurid emotion. — Wyndham Lewis
Love And Laughter Quotes
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. — Robert Fulghum
The best things in life are free. And it is important never to lose sight of that. So look around you. Wherever you see friendship, loyalty, laughter, and love...there is your treasure. — Neale Donald Walsch
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. — Chris Rock
A day without laughter is a day wasted
From here on after let's stay the way we are right now. And share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow. — George Strait
We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams. — Albert Einstein
Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering. — Nicole Krauss
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up! — Hafez
You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh. — Jay Leno
Togetherness, passion, laughter, faith, trust, and jealousy are the essential ingredients of love — Shahrukh Khan
Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of the earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid to love, I who love love? — Eugene O'Neill
Happiness And Laughter Quotes
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. — Red Skelton
Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment. — Goswami Kriyananda
When ypu awaken love and laughter in your life, your mind lets go of fear and anxiety, and your happy spirit becomes the healing balm that transforms every aspect of your human experience. — Jesse Dylan
The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth." — Quincy Jones
Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it. — Eben Alexander
It's good to be just plain happy, it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss. — Henry Miller
Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection. — Yakov Smirnoff
Laughter And Joy Quotes
If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. — Patrick Pearse
There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. — Patrick Henry Pearse
My pain may be the reason for somebody's laughter, but my laughter must never be the reason for somebody's pain.
Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor. — Karl Barth
There are days when we can bring before God...laughter of joy and gratitude. There will be other days when we can only muster a bitter, angry complaint. Be confident that God will accept whatever we lift up before him, and he will make it serve his purpose and our good. — Gardner C. Taylor
God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into justice, so there will be more compassion and caring, that there will be more laughter and joy, that there will be more togetherness in God's world. — Desmond Tutu
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
If people only knew the healing power of laughter and joy, many of our fine doctors would be out of business. Joy is one of nature's greatest medicines. Joy is always healthy. A pleasant state of mind tends to bring abnormal conditions back to normal. — Catherine Ponder
Some will learn through pain and sorrow, others through joy and laughter, so it is written. — Moroccan Proverbs
Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another. — Kenny Ausubel
Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. — Reginald Heber
Laughter Quotes
Love, friendship, laughter... Some of the best things in life really are free. — Bob Marley
Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney
The world is full of horrible things that will eventually get you and everything you care about. Laughter is a universal way to lift your head up and say: 'Not today, you bastards.' — Anthony Jeselnik
Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone. — Vincent Van Gogh
Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day. — Debbie Shapiro
We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share. — Maya Angelou
Laughter is the fireworks of the soul. — Josh Billings
Clear communication. Respect. A lot of laughter. And a lot of orgasms. That's what makes a marriage work. — Dr. Dre
Smile And Laughter Quotes
I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh. — Maya Angelou
Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening. — William R. Bradford
I live to make you smile. And there’s nothing I’d rather do. — Markiplier
All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile. — Chris Hart
A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. . . . The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes. — Sivananda
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. — Victor Borge
To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter. — P. T. Barnum
There aren't many things as therapeutic as smiles and laughter. Whenever you look at things in a lighter vein, it shows that your heart is in the right place. — Douglas Pagels
Power Of Laughter Quotes
I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe. — Brené Brown
One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter. — Francoise Sagan
This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about. — John Goodman
Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at? — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time. — John Goodman
Laughter is a sense of proportion and a power of seeing yourself from the outside. — Zero Mostel
In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. — Kahlil Gibran
I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror — Charlie Chaplin
Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. — Red Skelton
Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter. — Sir Fulke Greville
Friends And Laughter Quotes
The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days. — Sue Monk Kidd
Every child deserves a chance at a life
filled with love, laughter, friends and family. — Marlo Thomas
Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being. — Stella McCartney
I still love you. And sometimes, my friend, the love that I have, and can't give to you, crushes the breath from my chest. Sometimes, even now, my heart is drowning in a sorrow that has no stars without you, and no laughter, and no sleep. — Gregory David Roberts
People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. — Elsa Maxwell
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. — Hilaire Belloc
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation - this to to have succeeded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness, laughter and joy abound, when friends, family, and lovers are around. — Amy Davis
Laughter And Smiles Quotes
There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance. — Solomon
Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living. — Sean O'Casey
Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile. — Cameron Diaz
Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks. — Henri Bergson
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. — John Milton
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part turn into laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile. — Kahlil Gibran
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available. — James M. Beggs
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. — Henry Ward Beecher
The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. — Carl Sagan
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. — Washington Irving
I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor. — Katie Price
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing. — William James
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. — Joseph Addison
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. — Bill Cosby
Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t laugh and be angry, you can’t laugh and feel sad, you can’t laugh and feel envious. — Bel Kaufman
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. — Erma Bombeck
My own dear love, he is strong and bold And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled - Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world - And I wish I'd never met him. — Dorothy Parker
In some respects, if I had to choose just one (virtue on the spiritual path), I'd feel safest with a sense of humor. We pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, have a good laugh about human nature, and get on with our journeys. — Bo Lozoff
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable. — James Thurber
I like subversive humor, freckles, women's knees and long hair, the laughter of playing children, and a girl running down the street. — Rene Magritte
There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third. — John F. Kennedy
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet. — Mark Twain
Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness. — George W. Bush
Babies should enjoy the freedom to vocalize whether it be in church, a public meeting place, during a movie, or after hours when the lights are out. They have not yet learned that joy and laughter have to last a lifetime and must be conserved. — Erma Bombeck
Life is a waste without humor -- living is all about happiness and laughter. — Fauja Singh
Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage. — Erma Bombeck
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. — George Carlin
The intimate relation between humor and faith is derived from the fact that both deal with the incongruities of our existence. Laughter is our reaction to immediate incongruities and those which do not affect us essentially. Faith is the only possible response to the ultimate incongruities of existence, which threaten the very meaning of our life. — Reinhold Niebuhr
All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter. — Fred Allen
It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously. — Stephen Fry
There is certainly no defence or water -proof garment against adverse fortune which is, on the whole, so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. — John Dryden
Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive. — Abe Burrows
I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy. — John Cleese
An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person. — Norman Cousins
Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings. — Maya Angelou
For those who believe in the quote, Laughter is the best medicine and are looking for a divorce quote on the lighter side, the following divorce sayings range from mildly humorous to outrageously funny:
Men are just like a book - with a beginning, middle and an end. — Pamela Anderson
People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't. But I can pretty much find humor in anything. That is a necessary part of life. I don't want to say laughter is healing, because it sounds corny, but it's a release. — Jennifer Aniston
If there is not laughter in intimacy, it becomes heavy, burdensome, and dull. At my best moments, the love dialogue I try to carry on with You each day is comic-what could be more comic than a human addressing the Ground of Being as an intimate? It's a kind of blasphemy that I dare because you have called for it, and that is pretty humorous, too. — Andrew Greeley
And keep a sense of humor. It doesn't mean you have to tell jokes. If you can't think of anything else, when you're my age, take off your clothes and walk in front of a mirror. I guarantee you'll get a laugh. — Art Linkletter
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