80 Fun And Inspirational Quotes

Life can often feel like a rollercoaster, with its mix of highs and lows. During those twists and turns, it’s the simple yet profound words of others that can offer just the lift we need. Whether you’re in search of a quick chuckle or a bit of motivation to brighten your day, fun and inspirational quotes can serve as a delightful source of positivity. In this post, we’ve meticulously gathered a top selection of 80 quotes that promise to inspire, amuse, and uplift your spirits. Dive in and let these words be the little nudge you need to face life’s challenges with a smile.

1. “There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.” - Beryl Markham

2. “Don't kill!...The fly is asking youTo save his lifeBy rubbing his hands together” - Issa Kobayashi

3. “Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun. ” - Larry Niven

4. “Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, and you my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling.” - k.d. lang

5. “Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment. ” - Tom Bissell

6. “I bet," said Mulch, "that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn."Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer.Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.” - Eoin Colfer

7. “Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa," intoned Opal, finishing her chant. "Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.” - Eoin Colfer

8. “I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.” - Eoin Colfer

9. “You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.” - Viggo Mortensen

10. “Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.” - Arthur Lydiard

11. “I Twitter (or Facebook) therefore I am” - Jayce O'Neal

12. “One of us will just have to stay at the cottage to keep an eye on her.' [...]Let's see if Widow Hazel wouldn't take her in during the day, maybe teach her something useful -'No, remember when she learned how to knit? Now we're stuck wearing these dreadful hats.'Not so loud! She'll hear you.'In a lower voice one of the dwarfs said, 'H.A.T.S.'Apparently Snow White didn't know how to knit or to spell.” - Janette Rallison

13. “Tell me,Do you feel the way I feel?'Cause nothing else is realIn the La La Land machine” - Demi Lovato

14. “Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.” - Ambrose Bierce

15. “Food to eat and games to play.Tell me why, tell me why.Serve it out and eat it up.Have a try, have a try.” - Brian Jacques

16. “Just remember, we're all in this alone.” - Lily Tomlin

17. “Back in the days when gladiators hacked away at each other, there was always the man who decided whether the defeated should live or die. The job is usually given to the Emperor in movies, but in fact any senior man could have been the designated thumbs-up-thumbs-down guy. The official title for this fellow was...the editor. (evil laughter in background)” - Gary Corby

18. “Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don't introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who will set the table on a roar.” - Christopher Hitchens

19. “It's sometimes funny to watch some people doing something the wrong way but doing it confidently. Even more funny, they succeeded.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

20. “Partying means drinking. It also means playing records by Lou Reed and Chicago, which I thought was a city but is also a band it turns out.” - Ron Currie Jr.

21. “You, Stan, are covered with dirt and leaves.''''I just applied for a job as a tree,'' I said. It made so little sense, he didn't even bother responding.” - Sean Beaudoin

22. “Smartass Disciple: Master, what do say about the truth itself ?Master of Stupidity: Like sex, no fun anymore if all is revealed.” - Toba Beta

23. “I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan!” - Lauren Baratz-Logsted

24. “Who knew hitting my head and passing out would be so much fun?” - P.C. Cast

25. “Well, I’ve had my fun; I’ve had it, he thought, looking up at the swinging baskets of pale geraniums. And it was smashed to atoms—his fun, for it was half made up, as he knew very well; invented, this escapade with the girl; made up, as one makes up the better part of life, he thought—making onself up; making her up; creating an exquisite amusement, and something more. But odd it was, and quite true; all this one could never share—it smashed to atoms.” - Virginia Woolf

26. “There is no shortage of well-known pirates, including: Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Blue beard, Yellowbeard, and Yellow beard with Black Roots, who surmised that, if blondes have more fun, then blond pirates must have a heck of a lot more fun.” - Cuthbert Soup

27. “Fun. It‘s this crazy thing where people smile and laugh and are generally pleased. I could have sworn I saw you smile at least once” - aggybird

28. “Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.” - Joseph Stalin

29. “Never work.” - Guy Debord

30. “If you feel suddenly so anxious for laugh, then it's too late to find ha-ha in dictionary.” - Toba Beta

31. “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.” - Charles Schaefer

32. “We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous.... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your senses, whereas frivolity is meaningful, profound, worth living and dying for.... If we devote our lives to frivolity, the world will be a far, far better place. Humanity will be better able to fulfill its primary goal, that of having a good time.” - Cynthia Heimel

33. “And I was having too much fun to stop now.” - Jeff Lindsay

34. “She took a moment to lament her lack of parasol. Every time she left the house, she felt keenly the absence of her heretofore ubiquitous accessory.” - Gail Carriger

35. “I am no fun at all. In fact, I am anti-fun. Not as in anti-violence, but as in anti-matter. I am not so much against fun - although I suppose I kind of am - as I am the opposite of fun. I suck the fun out of a room. Or perhaps I'm just a different kind of fun; the kind that leaves on bereft of hope; the kind of fun that ends in tears.” - David Rakoff

36. “Would you think it strange if I said I was having a good time? We're lost and confused and carrying around a cat. By all accounts, I should be feeling completely at a loss. Irritated.” - Shelley Shepard Gray

37. “Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church pew, gets little enjoyment out of it and would rather do other things.” - Criss Jami

38. “Tell me that the purpose of life is to have fun, and without a care in the world I'll begin wreaking havoc on everything I pass. Now that's what I call pure, honest fun.” - Criss Jami

39. “When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.” - Shannon L. Alder

40. “And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more fun than anyone on this planet, you are absolutely correct.” - Hafiz

41. “They need to practice harder," he said. 'If they're really going to do this, they need to work much harder.''They will," I assured him. 'But they got better, right?'Baz laughed. 'Are you going to stand in front of them during their gigs too? If so, make sure you get equal billing. People will pay a lot to see the girl with the broom.” - Antony John

42. “Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks.” - Mark Vonnegut

43. “It was not only that he was a great man, but, oh, there was such fun in being led by him.” - Edward Renehan

44. “Only one comment seemed to perfectly fit her current situation. “I see dead people.”He leaned forward hands on his hips. “Me too. It’s the only explanation for what’s standing in front of me. Unless some high school kids broke into the anatomy closet and stole the classroom skeleton, stretched some cadaver skin over that bitch then cast an ancient ritual to animate it.” She laughed. For as much as she now disliked the bastard she had to admit he was amusing. “Did they do the same to that shit you’re wearing? You do realize it’s 2008 right?” She raised a hand. “Wait let me see if I can reach you using your own language. You do ken ‘tis year of our Lord two thousand and eight aye?” - jennifer turner

45. “This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!” - C.S. Lewis

46. “I can’t help but think that if she was going to kill herself, she might as well have done it earlier. Perhaps when I was a toddler. Or better yet, an infant. It certainly would have made my life easier. I asked my uncle Hugh (who is not really my uncle, but he is married to the stepsister of my current mother’s brother’s wife and he lives quite closeand he’s a vicar) if I would be going to hell for such a thought. He said no, that frankly, it made a lot of sense to him. I do think I prefer his parish to my own.” - Julia Quinn

47. “The place had enormous possibilities. He realized that at once. The stream, of course, was perfect for sailing toy boats, for skipping stones, and, in the event of failing inspiration, for falling into. Several of the trees appeared to have been specifically designed for climbing, and one huge, white old birch overhanging the stream promised the exhilarating combination of climbing a tree and falling into the water, all at one time.” - David Eddings

48. “An earthquake is such fun when it is over.” - George Orwell

49. “...we are taught to put fun and serious pursuits on a continuum as opposed extremes, when this dichotomy is entirely false, made even worse when we act as though we can instantly exchange one for the other...Exerting yourself at a task that is serious and rewarding can still be quite fun, but doing something fun because you have a neurotic need to pack your life full of un is pretty much a guarantee that any long-term benefits you derive will be entirely happenstance.” - Anthony D. Ravenscroft

50. “If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about.” - Meg Rosoff

51. “This is what fun is like," said Rain, almost to herself.” - Gregory Maguire

52. “Darling, don't be silly, your whole future is ahead of you. All you have to do is go out there and ask for a part- something small and reasonable just to start with. From there, no one can stop you. Don't feel bad about anything you've done, and for God's sake, have fun.” - Anna Godbersen

53. “This is a fun action story and light reading.” - Steve O'Driscoll

54. “A real girl isn't perfect and a perfect girl isn't real.” - Harry Styles

55. “You know Morse Code?” Avian asked as we walked up.“My grandpa thought it was a fun game when I was little,” West said as he rubbed his eyes again. ”That’s a scientist’s version of fun for you.” - Keary Taylor

56. “Please, please be some sex-starved nutcase who wants to kidnap me and make me your love slave, I begged silently.” - Cate Tiernan

57. “Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.” - Bernard Branson

58. “It is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.” - seneca

59. “Hey Audrey,I am watching you de-clutter your house,do you need help?” - Toni Aleo

60. “All the kids with fancy shoes or clothes, do you know what I got with a family of nine? When ever we said let's play poker, we had a full team of adults right there.” - Julia Marriott

61. “Love Rocks The De La Cruz's World” - P.T. Macias

62. “One of the stall doors swings open and a fortyish-year-old woman walks out tucking her shirt into her jeans. Her heavy lined eyes land on Seth. "This is the women's restroom." She points a finger to the door. "Can't you read?""Can't you see that everyone in this club is about twenty years younger than you?" Seth retorts, turning to the mirror. With his pinkie, he messes with bangs. "Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to have some fun.” - Jessica Sorensen

63. “You don’t pack what you need; you pack what you think you will probably need, taking into account each and every possibility, and then add some more stuff…just in case.” - Jayde Scott

64. “Ah, I do so love this charmingly rustic, elvin kingdom!-Baozhai” - Mar Mai

65. “A merda de um cara é o adubo de outro.” - Laurie Halse Anderson

66. “That’s all there is to life, you know. Fun things, we just need to remember to enjoy them or we waste it all.” - Kaza Kingsley

67. “Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ...” - E.A. Bucchianeri

68. “Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.” - Tom Giaquinto

69. “- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do!- Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow.” - Robert A. Heinlein

70. “You only get one go at it... might as well Rock it.” - Tommie Vaughn

71. “wash the brush, just beats the devil out of it ” - Bob Ross

72. “Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” - Amelia Earhart

73. “Kiss me twice, I am schizophrenic .. Kiss me ten times, I am obsessive!” - أحمد عمارة

74. “How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn't someone want to talk about it! We've started and won two atomic wars since 2022! Is it because we're having so much fun at home we've forgotten the world? Is it because we're so rich and the rest of the world's so poor and we just don't care if they are? I've heard rumors; the world is starving, but we're well fed. Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much? I've heard the rumors about hate too, once in a long while, over the years. Do you know why? I don't, that's sure! Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes!” - Ray Bradbury

75. “All round there was a rising tide of beer, widow Désir's barrels had all been broached, beer had rounded all paunches and was overflowing in all directions, from noses, eyes - and elsewhere. People were so blown out and higgledy-piggledy, that everybody's elbows or knees were sticking into his neighbour and everybody thought it great fun to feel his neighbour's elbows. All mouths were grinning from ear to ear in continuous laughter.” - Émile Zola

76. “Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.” - William Feather

77. “Arrogance can be deadly.” The corners of his mouth crept up. “But you didn’t hear me say that.” - Becca Fitzpatrick

78. “A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.” - Missy Franklin

79. “She tossed her towel on her dresser and turned to the bed where shed left her PJs. Only it wasn't just her PJs on the bed anymore. Lucas, eyes wide, sat on the foot of her bed, about four feet from where she stood completely naked. She squealed. He laughed. She dashed for the towel. Once she had it around her, she glared from a still grinning Lucas to the door. "I'm killing Della!" He laughed again. "I'm afraid I might have to protect her for this one.” - C.C. Hunter

80. “The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop” - Ben Aaronovitch