“The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.”
Mark Twain
“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
“A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”
Hugh Sidey
“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself”
Jessamyn West
“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
William Arthur Ward