Decluttering Quotes

You can always hope and wait for someone to want something in your home, but you cannot wait forever, and sometimes you must just give cherished things away with the wish that they end up with someone who will create new memories of their own. ~ Margareta Magnusson

Clutter may rob us of the life we imagined or prevent us from creating a new vision for our future. ~ Lisa J. Shultz

Every homeowner deserves a Zen-like area to revitalize, rejuvenate and read. ~ Geralin Thomas

The five elements are energies, not things. In Hinduism, they are known as the five tattvas. Psychic people can see them and their geometric forms. ~ Stefan Emunds

Be as a seed, a seed for change. Allow my gift to grow and rearrange. Multiple blessings for many. For those with none, let there be plenty. p64 ~ Alexandra Chauran

Feng Shui is the perfect tool for breaking vicious circles. ~ Stefan Emunds

Always keep in mind that the strongest factor of your Feng Shui is you. ~ Stefan Emunds

Quite a few books about decluttering are published in a year. ~ Marie Kondo

the fact that I really need a professional declutterer, or at least a book on decluttering from the library, unless they've decluttered the library too and have no books anymore ~ Lucy Ellmann

If you're not using the stuff in your home, get rid of it. You're not going to start using it more by shoving it in a closet somewhere. ~ Joshua Becker

Minimizing can be exhilarating. If you continue decluttering, you just might find a zest for life that you didn't know existed under all that stuff! ~ Lisa J. Shultz

The toughest part of decluttering is deciding where to start and then getting motivated to actually get started. ~ Michael Kershaw

...you need to assess what you love right now and what is authntic to your way of living in this season of life. ~ Melissa Michaels

You don't have to face every skeleton in your closet before you can make some room in there! ~ Carmen Klassen

What we did not truly use, need, and love had to go. This would become our motto for decluttering. ~ Bea Johnson

Unfortunately, Feng Shui has mingled with superstition. Luckily, it's easy to expose myths. Don't think 'things', think 'energy'. ~ Stefan Emunds

As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can't take proper care of too many things. That's why I want to cherish properly the things I love. ~ Marie Kondo

Having too much of anything results in chaos, confusion and clutter. ~ Geralin Thomas

Feng Shui is all about the subconscious interaction between planetary and mental energies. ~ Stefan Emunds

I have a fond daydream of a day when, like normal, unclutterd folks, I can bring people through my house without hesitation, without secrecy, and without closed doors. More than that, I envision a day when I can confidently stride into every room of my house and find my children's birth certificates or my high school year book or a needle and thread whenever the need presents itself without breaking into hives. ~ Eve O. Schaub

The inside of a house or apartment after decluttering has much in common with a Shinto shrine ... a place where there are no unnecessary things, and our thoughts become clear. ~ Marie Kondo

We amass material things for the same reason that we eat - to satisfy a craving. Buying on impulse and eating and drinking to excess are attempts to alleviate stress. From observing my clients, I have noticed that when they discard excess clothing, their tummies tend to slim down, when they discard books and documents, their minds become clearer, when they reduce the number of cosmetics and tidy up the area around the sink and bath, their complexion tends to become clear and their skin smooth. -p226 ~ Marie Kondo

I decided to break the trend of accumulating stuff sooner rather than later. I moved to smaller homes ahead of my need. I downsized before I was forced to do so. I sorted and dispersed my things while I had the energy and the ability to either donate or sell my stuff. ~ Lisa J. Shultz

I absolutely don't buy into the current mania for tidiness and decluttering. For a writer, piles of papers and notes are a fertile field. Keep all those books you read in college, or had certainly meant to read. Keep all those clothes that last fit during the Carter administration. Or give them away. It's for you to choose. You has value. ~ Anne Lamott