There are a lot of times when we go through problems in our life, and become very discouraged. Some people, when faced by problems, opt for fighting back; whereas other choose to run away from the difficulties. In such situations, funny mottos to live by are good ways to get self motivated and also add a bit of humor to the situations. Some of these sayings can be set as personal mottos, which will help us live our everyday life in peace and harmony with other people. Great Mottos to Live By 'A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.' - Albert Einstein 'Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.' - W.H. Murray 'What we don't know is not the problem. It's what we do know that's not so.' - Mark Twain 'There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.' - Oscar Wilde 'The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.' - Bill Watterson Funny Mottos to Live By 'We are born wet, naked, and hungry. Then things get worse.' - Anonymous 'All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.' - Sean O'Casey 'When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.' - Mark Twain 'Life is like a game of poker: If you don't put any in the pot, there won't be any to take out.' - Moms Mabley 'After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say - I want to see the manager.' - William S. Burroughs Inspirational Mottos to Live By 'A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.' - Victor Hugo 'Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.' - David Starr Jordan 'Never doubt the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. That's about the only way it has ever happened in the past.' - Margaret Mead 'If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.' - Booker T. Washington 'What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.' - Edmund Burke 'Imagination is more important than knowledge.' - Albert Einstein Mottos to Live By for Kids 'The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference.' - Elie Wiesel 'Television is chewing gum for the eyes.' - Frank Lloyd Wright 'Never let your schooling interfere with your education.' - Mark Twain 'Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.' - Kurt Vonnegut 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' - Louis Pasteur There are many other life quotes to live by, with which you can get encouraged to do things that you thought were simply not possible for you to do.