Charlie Chaplin Quotes and Sayings

Looking for Inspirational quotes by Charlie Chaplin? Here are famous Charlie Chaplin Quotes and Sayings about life, humour, and happiness.

1. “Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.” – Charlie Chaplin
2. “I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.” – Charlie Chaplin
3. “My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.” – Charlie Chaplin
4. “A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.” – Charlie Chaplin
5. “Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.” – Charlie Chaplin
6. “Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.” – Charlie Chaplin
7. “Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.” – Charlie Chaplin
8. “I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.” – Charlie Chaplin
9. “I like friends as I like music; when I am in the mood.” – Charlie Chaplin
10. “I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.” – Charlie Chaplin

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11. “I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.” – Charlie Chaplin
12. “We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.” – Charlie Chaplin
13. “Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.” – Charlie Chaplin
14. “It isn’t the ups and downs that make life difficult; it’s the jerks.” – Charlie Chaplin
15. “The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.” – Charlie Chaplin
16. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
17. “In the end, everything is a gag.” – Charlie Chaplin
18. “You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful otherwise Love is enough to get everything done.” – Charlie Chaplin
19. “I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.” – Charlie Chaplin
20. “Time heals, and experience teaches that the secret of happiness is in service to others.” – Charlie Chaplin

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21. “It’s easy to judge. It’s not so easy to understand.” – Charlie Chaplin
22. “You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.” – Charlie Chaplin
23. “I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.” – Charlie Chaplin
24. “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.” – Charlie Chaplin
25. “The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs.” – Charlie Chaplin

26. “What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.” – Charlie Chaplin
27. “Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’.” – Charlie Chaplin
28. “I am for people. I can’t help it.” – Charlie Chaplin
29. “A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.” – Charlie Chaplin
30. “Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing! Even to a jellyfish!” – Charlie Chaplin

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31. “That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.” – Charlie Chaplin
32. “The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.” – Charlie Chaplin
33. “I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can’t help it. It’s the truth.” – Charlie Chaplin
34. “What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.” – Charlie Chaplin
35. “I have many problems in my life. But my lips don’t know that. They always smile.” – Charlie Chaplin

36. “Imagination means nothing without doing.” – Charlie Chaplin
37. “That is all there is in life — beauty. You find that and you have found everything.” – Charlie Chaplin
38. “Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.” – Charlie Chaplin
39. “Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination … and a little dough.” – Charlie Chaplin
40. “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin

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41. “Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.” – Charlie Chaplin
42. “I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.” – Charlie Chaplin
43. “Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.” – Charlie Chaplin
44. “I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.” – Charlie Chaplin
45. “You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.” – Charlie Chaplin

46. “Why should poetry have to make sense?” – Charlie Chaplin
47. “All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.” – Charlie Chaplin
48. “Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no Applause.” – Charlie Chaplin
49. “In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs.” – Charlie Chaplin
50. “You are only as good as the woman you are standing beside.” – Charlie Chaplin

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51. “Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves.” – Charlie Chaplin
52. “Through humour, we see in what seems rational, the irrational; in what seems important, the unimportant” – Charlie Chaplin
53. “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin
54. “We think too much and feel too little.” – Charlie Chaplin
55. “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” – Charlie Chaplin

56. “This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.” – Charlie Chaplin
57. “Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness.” – Charlie Chaplin
58. “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.” – Charlie Chaplin
59. “Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.” – Charlie Chaplin
60. “Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.” – Charlie Chaplin

Popular Charlie Chaplin Quotes

61. “To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.” – Charlie Chaplin
62. “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.” – Charlie Chaplin
63. “Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.” – Charlie Chaplin
64. “Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.” – Charlie Chaplin
65. “I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.” – Charlie Chaplin
66. “Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh.” – Charlie Chaplin
67. “To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!” – Charlie Chaplin
68. “Brunettes are troublemakers. They’re worse than the Jews.” – Charlie Chaplin
69. “My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.” – Charlie Chaplin