Declutter Quotes to Motivate and Inspire You
Declutter quotes can inspire you and provide some well-needed motivation to get started or keep at it when it comes to your decluttering journey.
Here are 34 inspiring quotes to encourage you in your decluttering process.
Some of the declutter quotes are from other walks of life. However, whether your goal is simple living, creating order in your home, or taking action, these quotes will still apply.
Select the ones that motivate you. Post them where you will see them and continue to get inspired.
Quotes to inspire you to start decluttering:
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Arthur Ashe
Getting started is often the most challenging part of decluttering. It can seem overwhelming and quite frankly, it’s always easier to find something else to do. However, if you don’t start, you’ll be in the same place you were a month ago. Pick a spot and start – you won’t regret it.
The best time to declutter was yesterday, but the next best time is now!
Unknown
It’s time to stop postponing this. Set a goal and get started.
Decluttering isn’t easy, but once you start getting things out, it gets easier and easier.
Steve Maraboli
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying about eating an elephant one bite at a time. You won’t conquer your clutter if you don’t start the process. The more it becomes part of your routine, the easier it becomes.
Quotes to inspire you to have order in your home:
Outer order contributes to inner calm.
Gretchen Rubin
Your home is your sanctuary. You want to feel a sense of peace and calm when you walk into your home. If it’s in disarray, the relaxing vibe you are striving for, can be difficult to attain.
Every minute you spend looking through clutter, wondering where you put this or that, being unable to focus because you’re not organized costs you: time you could have spent with family or friends, time you could have been productive around the house, time you could have been making money.
Jean Chatzky
Spending countless amounts of time looking for “lost” items, due to disorganization is frustrating. Knowing that time is a precious commodity, think about how getting your house in order will increase the time you have for what’s important in your life.
A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Benjamin Franklin
Not only is it a relief to have a place for everything and to put things back where they belong, but it’s also a way to set yourself up for success.
Quotes to inspire simple living:
The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are.
Mother Teresa
Many of us aspire to live a lifestyle that is rooted in simple living. Buying more stuff is not going to make you happy or feel fulfilled. One way to embrace simplicity is to declutter.
Having a simplified, uncluttered home is a form of self-care.
Emma Scheib
When you take care of your home, you are also taking care of yourself.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
Make the effort to pare down and simplify your home. Society says adding more things will make you happier, however, you’ll find that your life can be enhanced by removing the unnecessary.
Quotes to inspire you to enjoy your home:
Your home is living space, not storage space.
Francine Jay
Let’s reframe how we look at our homes. Instead of filling them up with stuff, let’s leave room to enjoy our space, room to relax, and have fun. If your home resembles a storage unit, it’s time to pare down.
Accept the limitations of the space you have, and declutter enough that your stuff fits comfortably in that space.
Dana K. White
It’s so important to work with the space that you have, rather than overcrowding your home.
Picture your dream home. I bet it’s not filled with clutter.
Joshua Becker
It is entirely possible that you’re already in your dream home, however, it’s hard to recognize it as such, due to clutter. Consider what’s possible when you declutter.
When I declutter, it reminds me what a beautiful space I live in.
Jennifer Tritt
It’s difficult to enjoy a space that is in disarray. Be intentional about clearing out your home and putting it in order. Then sit back and enjoy!
Quotes to inspire you to take action:
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
Amelia Earhart
Get out of your way and take action. Time to put aside the excuses and persevere.
Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou
You’ve got to put in the effort in order to reap the rewards. So, roll up your sleeves and get to work.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t … you’re right.
Henry Ford
If you don’t believe you can clear out that spare bedroom, or declutter the bathroom counter, progress will not be made. Now, once you make up your mind to tackle your clutter, your thoughts will translate into action. Remember the little engine that could? Believe that you can!
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nelson Mandela
If you’ve ever completed a goal that was challenging and didn’t seem feasible at the time, you know how sweet the aftermath of accomplishment feels. Apply this notion to decluttering and wait to be amazed.
Quotes to inspire you to look ahead:
Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.
Wayne L. Misner
Our reluctance to let go of clutter can keep us stuck in the past. Letting go of what you no longer want, need, or use will make room for a new and improved you. One who has let go of what no longer serves you and is embracing what is to come.
But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.
Marie Kondo
After my mother passed away, I had several containers of her clothing that I fully intended to donate to a women’s shelter. However, I held onto those containers for a long time! At some level, I was afraid that letting go of her clothing meant that I was letting go of her. My mother’s clothes sat in the closet, and every so often I would look at them. It finally dawned on me that there was no need to be afraid of letting go of her clothes. My memories are so much deeper than any article of clothing could ever be. So, I selected two pieces of clothing to keep and donated the rest.
Quotes to reduce materialism
Think twice before you buy. Decide before you purchase anything where you are going to keep it and what you are going to use it for. If your answers to either of these questions are vague, then you are about to purchase clutter. Desist from buying.
Karen Kingston
The next time you think about a purchase, determine whether it’s a want or a need. Resist the allure of buying for the sake of buying.
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
Consider where you’re spending your hard-earned money. Plenty of us purchase clothing and wear the item once or even leave it in the closet with the tags on because it was bought on sale. Buying more stuff is not going to make you happy or feel fulfilled. Don’t give in to materialism.
Some things cost way more when we keep them.
Neeraj Agnihotri
What you aren’t using, or no longer want or need, is taking up space in your home and mind.
Quotes to illustrate how clutter steals time:
Clutter robs us of life. It robs us socially, when we’re too embarrassed to have people over. It robs us spiritually, because we can’t be at peace in a cluttered home. And it robs us psychologically, by stealing our ability to feel motivated in our space.
Peter Walsh
Stop robbing yourself. Do yourself a favor and purge what you no longer want, need, or use. Free up your time and space.
I would rather have extra space and extra time than extra stuff.
Francine Jay
Extra room in your home and leisure time is infinitely more important than extra stuff. Money and possessions can’t buy peace.
Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
Jim Rohn
Now is the time to take control of your day and get rid of what you don’t want, use, or need.
Quotes to inspire mental clarity:
Clutter is the enemy of clarity.
Julia Cameron
It’s difficult to think clearly when you’re surrounded by clutter.
Decluttered spaces invite us to think more deeply about what we really need and want in our lives.
Leo Babauta
Have you considered what’s possible when you get rid of that clutter?
Out of calmness comes clarity.
Trevor Carss
A sense of calm and peace of mind await you in a decluttered space.
Cluttered spaces can cause clutter in your mind, but declutter your space and it will declutter your thinking.
Joshua Becker
Mental clarity can improve when your physical space is decluttered.
We don’t realize how excess stuff draws on our energy until it’s removed.
Mary Vraa
Once you start to declutter, you’ll begin to understand how draining it has been.
Get rid of clutter and you may just find it was blocking the door you’ve been looking for.
Katrina Mayer
Not only is this block physical, i.e., taking up space in your home, it’s also mental, taking up space in your mind. Get rid of the clutter and you’ll feel liberated in more ways than one.
Quotes to inspire you to stop procrastinating:
Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions.
Barbara Hemphill
In other words, procrastination prevents you from progressing. Instead of rolling your eyes looking at the same stuff, roll up your sleeves and get to work.
Cleaning and organizing is a practice, not a project.
Meagan Francis
Getting into the habit of taking care of your home is not a one-time deal and you’re done. Avoid procrastination and do this regularly so that it becomes part of your routine and a habit.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Edward Young
When you procrastinate in dealing with your clutter, you’re kicking the proverbial can further down the road. This takes you away from enjoying your space and at the end of the day, will require you to spend even more time handling the clutter that has continued to accumulate.
Recap
Hopefully, these quotes will encourage you to start decluttering and to persist, if you’re already in the process.
Remember to start small, start now and create new habits.
As a reminder, take note of the ones that motivate you and reflect on them when you need an added boost of inspiration.
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