"Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us."

Humor
🎨 Studio 2.0

Create & Download Shareable Quote Image

Export typography-grade cards optimized for Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok stories.

Free instant export. No watermark required.

Insight & Reflection

When Orison Swett Marden speaks about humor, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of humor in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Orison Swett Marden

Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded Success magazine in 1897. His writings discussed principles and virtues which Marden argued would make for a successful life through adoption of the New Thought philosophy.

More quotes by Orison Swett Marden →
Editorial Note: This quote is curated and fact-checked by the Quotes Archive Editorial Team. Verified Literature Specialist.

More by Orison Swett Marden

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible."

Read more →

"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone."

Read more →

More about Humor

"Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along."

Read more →

"Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end."

Read more →

"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."

Read more →
View all Humor quotes →