125 Sarcastic Inspirational Quotes To Motivate You In The Best Way

Writvik Gupta
Dec 12, 2023 By Writvik Gupta
Originally Published on Feb 19, 2021
Edited by Monisha Kochhar
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Have you ever been inspired by someone in a sarcastic way?

Well, the way of inspiring someone with sarcastic comments is not new. This method of motivation has been used for a long, long time.

Sarcastic comments mean to use irony to mock someone. Inspiration means to use words to inspire someone.

So, sarcastic inspirational quotes mean that these are the quotes and the sayings that are strong enough to inspire you and soft enough to make you laugh. A good combination of both these emotions can create such a strong effect on you that the inspiration birthed in you might stay a little longer than it normally would.

Sometimes, you just need someone to say something funny, but also a little bit stupid and sarcastic, to push you to do that work or make that change.

A good sense of humor goes a long way in helping you live your best life. So, take a look at these sarcastic inspirational quotes.

We have collected all the funny, sarcastic quotes that are enough to make you laugh and be inspired together. If you like reading these quotes, you can also read sarcastic love quotes or sarcastic quotes.
 

Best Sarcastic Inspirational Quotes

In this section, we have collected all the best sarcastic quotes that will inspire you and you could also use them to inspire others.

1. "I’d agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong."

- Anonymous.*

2. "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."

- Dalai Lama.

3. "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants."

- Whitney Brown.

4. "Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid."

- John Wayne.

5. "Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese."

- Billie Burke.

6. "True bonding is when you and your friends are all angry about the same thing."

- Anonymous.*

7. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."

- Albert Einstein.

8. "It’s okay if you don’t like me. Not everyone has good taste."

- Anonymous.*

9. "Flawsome: (Adj.) An individual who embraces their 'flaws' and knows they're awesome regardless."

- Anonymous.*

10. "I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious."

- Jens Lekman.

11. "Marriage is a romance in which the heroine dies in the first chapter."

- Cecilia Egan.

12. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

- Oscar Wilde.

13. "There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?"

-​ Kin Hubbard.

14. "The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."

- George Bernard Shaw.

15. "A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure."

- Anonymous.*

16. "Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others."

- Ambrose Bierce.

17. "The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."

- Will Rogers.

18. "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."

- Marilyn Monroe.

19. "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."

-​ Margaret Mead.

20. "If you find me offensive. Then I suggest you quit finding me.”

- Anonymous.*

21. "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

- Albert Einstein.

22. "Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth."

- Anonymous.*

23. "I am a bit sassy, with some sarcasm thrown into the mix, but stoic at the same time - and brash."

- Mike Daniels.

24. "I'm not great at the advice... Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?"

- Chandler Bing, 'Friends'.

25. "If had a dollar for every smart thing you say. I’ll be poor."

- Anonymous.*

26. "I cannot afford to waste my time making money."

- Louis Agassiz.

Inspirational Sarcastic Quotes About Life

Here, you will find funny sarcastic quotes about life that are as good as they can get and make you face life in a better way every day.

27. "Always give 100%, except when giving blood."

- Anonymous.*

28. "Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway."

- Robert Downey Jr.

29. "History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

- Abba Eban.

30. "A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished."

- Zsa Zsa Gabor.

31. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

- Thomas Eddison.

32. "When something goes wrong in your life, just yell 'Plot Twist' and move on."

- Molly Weis.

33. "Politics: ‘Poli’ a Latin word meaning ‘many’; and ‘tics’ meaning ‘bloodsucking creatures.'"

- Robin Williams.

34. “If anything can go wrong, it will."

- Murphy’s Laws.

35. "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people."

- Anonymous.*

36. "I was aware of a lot of my friends being into things I wasn't into. Like sarcasm. It had never been a part of my family - they still don't use sarcasm."

- Kate Bush.

37. "Zombies eat brains. You’re safe."

- Anonymous.*

38. "What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera."

- Aldous Huxley.

39. "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.

40. "Let’s share, you’ll take the grenade, I’ll take the pin."

- Anonymous.*

41. "If you’re going to be thinking, you may as well think big."

- Donald Trump.

42. "If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?"

- Charles Pierce.

43. "The road to success is always under construction."

- Lily Tomlin.

44. "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower.

45. "I am not young enough to know everything."

- Oscar Wilde.

46. "All the good ones are taken."

- Murphy’s Laws.

47. "I love sarcasm. It’s like punching people in the face but with words."

- Anonymous.*

48. "I see all these moms who can do everything, and I think... I should have them do some stuff for me."

- Anonymous.*

49. "Computers will understand sarcasm before Americans do."

- Geoffrey Hinton.

50. "What doesn’t kill you gives you a set of unhealthy coping mechanisms and a dark sense of humor."

- Anonymous.*

51. "Find your patience before I lose mine."

- Anonymous.*

52. "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I’m possible!'"

- Audrey Hepburn.

Funny Sarcastic Inspirational Quotes

In this category, we have collected all funny sarcastic quotes that will prove that laughter is the best medicine. Along with this, it will help you live an inspirational life in the work and daily life.

53. "There are some people who come into your life pretending that they love you only because they need you."

- Uzair Lallmamod.

54. "Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

- Tom Lehrer.

55. "I can resist everything except temptation."

- Anonymous.*

56. "If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you."

- Billy Wilder.

57. "The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand.

58. "Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy."

- Cynthia Nelms.

59. "The best things in the world are free – and worth every penny of it."

- Murphy’s Laws.

60. "I’m not saying I hate you, what I’m saying is that you are literally the Monday of my life."

- Anonymous.*

61. "Be the reason someone smiles today... or the reason they drink. Whatever works."

- Anonymous.*

62. "My natural-born sarcasm, when it's unimpeded, can be a bit overbearing at times and I'm the first to admit that."

- Tom Bergeron.

63. "Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?"

- Robin Williams.

64. "Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love."

- Benjamin Disraeli.

65. "Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."

- Robert Bloch.

66. "A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her."

- Oscar Wilde.

67. "If you’re going through hell, keep going."

- Winston Churchill.

68. "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don’t like?"

- Jean Cocteau.

69. "There’s no better vacation than my boss being on vacation."

- Anonymous.*

70. "Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia."

- Charles Schulz.

71. "Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes."

- Anonymous.*

72. "Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."

- Murphy’s Laws.

73. "Ah, yes, divorce … from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet."

- Robin Williams.

74. "No matter how bad it gets, I'm always rich at the dollar store."

- Anonymous.*

75. "Success is the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success."

- Kangana Ranaut.

76. "Well, at least your mom thinks you’re pretty."

- Anonymous.*

77. "It’s always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black."

- Paul Newman.

Inspirational Sarcastic Sayings To Help You

Laughter is the best medicine. These inspirational sarcastic quotes about life can help you come up with new ideas on how better to use sarcasm in daily life.

78. "Well-behaved women seldom make history."

- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

79. "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin.

80. "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."

- Arthur C. Clarke.

81. "Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak."

- Steven Wright.

82. "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

- Winston Churchill.

83. "When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye."

- Cathy Guisewite.

84. "My attitude in exams. They give me questions I don’t know. I give them answers they don’t know."

- Anonymous.*

85. "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.."

- Oscar Wilde.

86. "He was happily married – but his wife wasn’t."

- Victor Borge.

87. "Yes, I walked away mid-conversation. You were boring me to death and my survival instincts kicked in."

- Anonymous.*

88. "We are suffering from too much sarcasm."

- Marianne Moore.

89. "You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the South? Nothing! Someone’s losing a trailer, number one."

- Robin Williams.

90. "The more that learn to read, the less learn how to make a living. That’s one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living."

- Will Rogers.

91. "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

- Mark Twain.

92. "You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?"

- Steven Wright.

93. "Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."

- Napoleon Hill.

94. "I’m sorry I hurt your feelings when I called you stupid. I really thought you already knew."

- Anonymous.*

95. "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."

- William James.

96. "Work until your bank account looks like a phone number."

- Anonymous.*

97. "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?… He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes!"

- Billy Connolly.

98. "An optimist thinks that this is the best possible world. A pessimist fears that this is true."

- Robert Oppenheimer.

99. "Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence."

- Ashleigh Brilliant.

100. "Sarchotic: When you're so sarcastic, people aren't sure whether you're joking or whether you're just crazy."

- Anonymous.*

Some More Sarcastic Quotes To Inspire You

These funny sarcastic quotes about life will help you see a newer, easier way of life; to help you live in a good way any day. So take a look at the list of funny sarcastic quotes below to feel inspired every day.

101. "I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods."

- Marjane Satrapi.

102. "Unless your name is Google, stop acting like you know everything."

- Anonymous.*

103. "One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand."

- Kurt Vonnegut.

104. "I am an early bird and a night owl… so I am wise and I have worms."

- Michael Scott, 'The Office'.

105. "Without geometry, life is pointless."

- Anonymous.*

106. "Luck is what you have leftover after you give 100 percent."

- Langston Coleman.

107. "Do you believe in love at first sight or do I have to walk by again?"

- Anonymous.*

108. "I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn’t a professional, the knife had butter on it."

- Rodney Dangerfield.

109. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day."

- Winnie The Pooh.

110. "Bad decisions make good stories."

- Ellis Vidler.

111. "A half-truth is a whole lie."

- Yiddish Proverb.

112. "Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver."

- Anonymous.*

113. "I've reached that age where my brain goes from 'You probably shouldn't say that' to 'What the hell, let's see what happens.'"

- Anonymous.*

114. "This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it."

- Samuel Goldwyn.

115. "When people ask me stupid questions, it is my legal obligation to give a sarcastic remark."

- Anonymous.*

116. "Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt."

- Cassandra Clare.

117. "Change is not a four-letter word… but often your reaction to it is!"

- Jeffrey Gitomer.

118. "I’ll probably never fully become what I wanted to be when I grew up, but that’s probably because I wanted to be a ninja princess."

- Cassandra Duffy.

119. "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

- Marilyn Monroe.

120. "Mirrors can’t talk, lucky for you they can’t laugh either."

- Anonymous.*

121. "Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile."

- Billy Sunday.

122. "The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time."

- Joe Girard.

123. "Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars, and makes people smile."

- Mahmoud Darwish.

124. "If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck."

- Elvis Presley.

125. "What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense."

- Mark Twain.

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A professional content writer hailing from Kolkata, India, with extensive experience in the corporate sector, Writvik Gupta has worked with several reputed companies, including ITC WelcomHotel Jodhpur, Bharti AXA Life Insurance, Aryan Imaging, and Eduquity. He also serves as a consultant for a startup based in Bangalore. With a passion for the outdoors, Writvik enjoys trekking and traveling to remote destinations. He also has a keen interest in exploring various cuisines and regularly volunteers for social causes.

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