Jim Carrey Quotes: His Top Ten Best Inspirational Quotations & Sayings

Jim Carrey is famous for being funny, but he is also a great source for inspirational quotes. He has chosen to use his past struggles to learn and become a better person. Instead of focusing on what is going wrong, he chooses to see what is right. To some people, it's hard for Jim Carrey to be seen as inspirational, but maybe some of those people fail to realize how much laughter means in our lives. A man that can tickle your funny bone just might be able to inspire you through your pain and sorrows. Here are Jim Carrey's top ten best inspirational quotes and sayings

Jim Carrey says learn from your problems

"Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting."

Quote on overcoming your fears

"I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged."

Jim Carrey quote on living for the moment

"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."

Quote on never giving up

"It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?"

Quote on being ready for opportunity

"Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them."

There is no limit

"Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself."

Laughter is the cure for Jim Carrey

"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."

Don't let your pain rule you

"Most of the time I live with my pain. I have pain but I won't show it around. I think that's the nobility of the character. There's something noble in not spewing on people all the time about your problems. I'm the light guy, so I identified."

Jim Carrey quote on staying positive

"I've always believed in magic. When I wasn't doing anything in this town, I'd go up every night, sit on Mulholland Drive, look out at the city, stretch out my arms, and say, "Everybody wants to work with me. I'm a really good actor. I have all kinds of great movie offers." I'd just repeat these things over and over, literally convincing myself that I had a couple movies lined up. I'd drive down that hill, ready to take the world on, going, "Movie offers are out there for me, I just don't hear them yet." It was like total affirmations, antidotes to the stuff that stems from my family background."

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