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Motivation and comedy can work hand-in-hand, and the best example of it is funny inspirational quotes. As the name gives away, they bring that much-needed motivation when you are down while putting on a smile at the same time. Two things completed in a combination of just a few words. A rare sight when it comes to quotes. For this reason, inspirational funny quotes might hold a special place in people's hearts, especially for people who are down on their luck. Even pessimists, the half-empty glass people, might change their minds thanks to their effect.

Inspiration and comedy are two cures for the pessimistic mind. Where they see sadness and destruction, inspirational quotes try to look at everything from a much more positive side, like a half-full glass, sunshine, and rainbows outside. While inspiration can stand individually, a little bit of comedy mixed in the recipe pushes these quotes towards greatness. After all, funny quotes with a hint of inspiration can deliver that serotonin and dopamine straight to the brain. And with this surge of chemicals, even the most unmotivated person in the world would go to work and be effective. As far as chemical concoctions go, this is the greatest in the world, and only these quotes can deliver it so well.

Feeling down today and need some funny motivational quotes to get through the day? Well, you came to the right place. Like an apple repels doctors, these quotes might keep you from pessimistic thoughts and procrastination that we all suffer from sometimes. From US presidents to praised celebrities, we have compiled a list of the greatest motivational funny quotes that came from famous people. Some of them are more inspiring and hilarious than others, so be sure to upvote the ones you liked the most. If you have some quotes you want to share, do so in the comments below.

#1

Funny inspirational quote by Dave Barry about achieving inner peace in a humorous way. “My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.” — Dave Barry

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    “I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road.” — Stephen Hawking

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    Annaqui
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're just curious to see if this is the moment they will die - they're planning on crossing regardless 🤷‍♀️

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    #3

    “Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” — Katharine Hepburn

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    #4

    Funny inspirational quote by Bill Murray about giving 100%, except when donating blood, on a red background. “Whatever you do, always give 100% — unless you’re donating blood.” — Bill Murray

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    FlatEarf2.0
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always give 100% even when donating blood, but due to health I can't donate my blood.

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    #5

    “To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

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    #6

    “Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright

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    #7

    Inspirational quote from Graham Norton about avoiding bargains in plastic surgery and sushi. “A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain.” — Graham Norton

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    #8

    “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain

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    #9

    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde

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    #10

    Funny inspirational quote on a red background: "Bad decisions make good stories" by Ellis Vidler. “Bad decisions make good stories.” — Ellis Vidler

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    #11

    “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” — Douglas Adams

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    #12

    “When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” — Theodore Roosevelt

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    #13

    Funny inspirational quote about work-related stress and drinking, by Drew Carey, on a pink background. “Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called everybody, and they meet at the bar.” — Drew Carey

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    #14

    “A true friend is someone that thinks you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” — Bernard Meltzer

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    #15

    “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers

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    #16

    Inspirational quote by Confucius on a pink background: "And remember, no matter where you go, there you are." “And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” – Confucius

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    #17

    “The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” — Marvin Phillips

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    #18

    “Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he’s supposed to be doing at that moment.” — Robert Benchley

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    #19

    Pink background with a funny inspirational quote by C.S. Lewis about friendship, from Bored Panda. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one!” — C.S. Lewis

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    #20

    “I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.” – H. Kyle Seale

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    Trinity
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of something my Great Grandfather was known to say: "I thought I did something wrong, but I only thought it."

    #21

    “A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory.” — Mark Twain

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    #22

    Funny inspirational quote on a pink background: "The road to success is always under construction." “The road to success is always under construction.” — Lily Tomlin

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    #23

    “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” — Katharine Whitehorn

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    #24

    “A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have.” — Roger Rabbit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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    #25

    Mae West quote about living once, on a light green background, perfect for office inspiration. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West

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    °CORLEONE°
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “You only die once, because you live all your life.”

    #26

    “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – A. A. Milne

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    Lev Borovoi
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Do you know how to do nothing? People ask me what I'm doing and I say: nothing. And then I do it." --Christopher Robin.

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    #27

    “Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.” — Mae West

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    #28

    Inspirational quote by Lemony Snicket about love and change on a mint green background. “Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby — awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.” — Lemony Snicket

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    #29

    “Be happy, it drives people crazy.” — Paulo Coelho

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    Brenda
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It definitely pisses my family I'm happy with someone I found for myself that they had no part in. I have gone 3 years without talking to them because of it.

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    #30

    “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, ‘I’m not going to make it’, but you laugh inside remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” — Charles Bukowski

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    #31

    Quote by Steven Wright on a mint green background: "You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?" Funny inspirational office quote. “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” — Steven Wright

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    #32

    “I’m an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.” – Harold Wilson

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    #33

    “Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” – Stephen Hawking

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    PHOTOBOB
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need a sense of humor cuz life ain't funny - Etta James

    #34

    Inspirational quote about stopping negative actions on a green background with white text and Bored Panda logo. “You want to get out of the hole? First you’re going to have to put down the shovel.”

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    #35

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

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    #36

    “To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” — Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

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    #37

    Funny inspirational quote from "Malcolm in the Middle" on a beige background. “Fate is just what you call it when you don’t know the name of the person screwing you over.” — Lois, Malcolm in the Middle

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    Trinity
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if you DO KNOW who is screwing you over, but you have no power to stop them? Like a bad manager or the government?

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    #38

    “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” — Linda Grayson

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    #39

    “It’s okay to look at the past and the future. Just don’t stare.” — Benjamin Dover

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    #40

    Inspirational quote by Dale Carnegie on a beige background, perfect for office motivation. “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Dale Carnegie

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    #41

    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.” — Terry Pratchett

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    Aquisha squish
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hah .. reading this quote while listening to "Interesting Times" ...you almost never see Sir. Pratchett's wisdom outside his book pages!

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    #42

    “No man goes before his time — unless the boss leaves early.” — Groucho Marx

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    #43

    Mark Twain quote on procrastination for office inspiration. “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” – Mark Twain

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    #44

    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” — Terry Pratchett

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    #45

    “Confidence is 10% hard work and 90% delusion.” — Tina Fey

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    #46

    Quote on a beige background about naps by George Costanza, perfect for office humor and inspiration. “I love a good nap. Sometimes it’s the only thing getting me out of bed in the morning.” — George Costanza, Seinfeld

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    #47

    “Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.” — Richard Jeni

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    #48

    “When you’re in love, it’s the most glorious two-and-a-half days of your life.” — Richard Lewis

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    #49

    Funny inspirational quote by Winnie the Pooh on a red background with Bored Panda logo. “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” – Winnie the Pooh

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    #50

    “Do or do not. There is no try. “ — Yoda

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    Sonja
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always hated this quote. It's presented as enlightened, but it's just stupid. And it's too often used as an 'inspirational' poster by companies who pay shti and make completely unreasonable demands you can't fulfill.

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    #51

    “See the world like a big wardrobe. Everybody has his own costume. There is only one that fits you perfectly.” — George Harris

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    #52

    Funny inspirational quote on worrying from Van Wilder, on a red background. “I learned a long time ago that worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” — Van Wilder, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

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    #53

    “You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” — Robin Williams

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    #54

    “You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.” — Ethel Barrymore

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    #55

    Inspirational quote by Don Marquis in a framed image, offering a humorous take on pessimism versus optimism. “A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.” – Don Marquis

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    #56

    “Hating people is like burning down your own home to get rid of a rat.” — Harry Emerson Fosdick

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    #57

    “Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” — Edward Bergen

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    Sonja
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know it's meant to be funny but since too many people really believe that you can't doe from hard work it must be said: Well no, hard work has killed a lot of people. Just look at Japan. The people there have gone way to far with grind culture and young people drop dead at their jobs from exhaustion. Stress is a killer and the body needs sleep and breaks. If you overwork yourself you can indeed die from it.

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    #58

    Inspirational quote by RuPaul on a pink background about enjoying games in life. “My favorite thing to do on this planet is to play games. And if you don’t enjoy games, then you’re really missing the point of what this life is.” — RuPaul

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    Marco
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my favs by Ru “and don’t fúck it up.” Words to live by 😂

    #59

    “I would do anything for my friends, which I think is how everyone in the world feels. Which is why I finally understand war.” — Jeff Winger, Community

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    #60

    “Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.” — Franklin P. Jones

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    #61

    Funny inspirational quote by Claude MacDonald on a pink background. “If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.” — Claude MacDonald

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    #62

    “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I read that one on a can of lemonade. I like to think it applies to life.” — Andy Dwyer, Parks and Recreation

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    Jrdiver
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When life gives you lemons? Don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought is could give me lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s going to burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m going to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down! - Cave Johnson, Portal 2

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    #63

    “If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.” — Elvis Presley

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    #64

    Pink background with a funny inspirational quote by Richard Bach about life's purpose. “Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished — If you’re alive it isn’t.” — Richard Bach

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    #65

    “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”– Milton Berle

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    #66

    “Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine.” — Lord Byron

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    #67

    Inspirational quote on a pink background by Don Herold about saving work for tomorrow. “Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.” — Don Herold

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    #68

    “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” — Elbert Hubbard

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    #69

    “We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third.” — Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation

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    #70

    Inspirational quote by Charlie Chaplin on a green background about the importance of laughter. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin

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    #71

    “Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.” – Will Rogers

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    #72

    “By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work 12 hours a day.” — Robert Frost

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    #73

    Funny inspirational quote on a green background: "Be like a postage stamp; stick to one thing until you get there." “Be like a postage stamp; stick to one thing until you get there.” — Josh Billings

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    #74

    “Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything, otherwise, we’re going down the tube.” — Joan Rivers

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    #75

    “I’m a bit of a sucker for second chances. They’re my first favorite kind of chance.” — Jessica Day, New Girl

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    #76

    Inspirational quote on a green background by William Somerset Maugham about knowing friends by defects over merits. “We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.” — William Somerset Maugham

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    #77

    “Most of us don’t need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.” — Robert Brault

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    #78

    “It’s important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to the friendship that we are not.” — Mignon McLaughlin

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    #79

    Inspirational quote on a tan background: "The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." - Blaise Pascal. “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” — Blaise Pascal

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    #80

    “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” – Niels Bohr

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    #81

    “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb

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    #82

    Funny inspirational quote by Steven Wright on a beige background. “I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” – Steven Wright

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    #83

    “When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?'” — Sydney J. Harris

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not living Sydney. Not living. When people are tired of life's hardships, they dream of being unalive

    #84

    “Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.” — Carroll Bryant

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    #85

    Inspirational quote on a beige background: "Aspire to inspire before we expire." - Eugene Bell Jr. “Aspire to inspire before we expire.” — Eugene Bell Jr.

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    #86

    “Life is just a big bowl of fancy assorted cashews!” — Patrick Star, SpongeBob SquarePants

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    #87

    “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

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    #88

    Inspirational quote on a pink background: "You can if you think you can" by George Reeves. “You can if you think you can.” – George Reeves

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    #89

    “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” — Kyle Chandler

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    #90

    Inspirational office quote on a teal background, "I cannot afford to waste my time making money" by Louis Agassiz. “I cannot afford to waste my time making money.” — Louis Agassiz

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