Lin Yutang Quotes

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

If you don't have humor, you're not going to make it. You're going to be one of those people who walks around with your head about to explode.

Having a sense of humor about yourself is a sign of mental health.

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

I think it's important to have a sense of humor. You have to be able to laugh at yourself.

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.

It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

Am I over existing or am I over existing? That's my inside joke.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

People who have a sense of humor get through life much easier than those who don’t.

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.

I always try to find something funny in any situation.

I've learned to laugh most of the negativity off.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. He knows there's a painful side; he knows my thumb smarts and his girlfriend has a bruised breast and the doctor is losing his glasses, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.

A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

Laughter survives... it has to survive.

Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother

The whole point of growing up is learning to stay on the laughing side.