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101 " A home that is filled with only the things you love and use will be a home that you love to use. #minimalisthome "
― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life
102 " You can do anything you want, but you can’t do everything. "
― Joshua Becker , The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
103 " I have not met a single minimalist who denies their child the privilege of owning toys. I have met many who limit the number of toys their children own because teaching the value of boundaries allows them to flourish. And that is the very opposite of cruelty. "
― Joshua Becker , Clutterfree with Kids
104 " There is more joy to be found in owning less than can ever be found in pursuing more. In "
105 " We were never meant to live life accumulating stuff. We were meant to live simply enjoying the experiences of life, the people of life, and the journey of life - not the things of life. Guiding "
― Joshua Becker , Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life
106 " Successful people are adamant about saying ‘no’ to things that do not align with their mission. "
― Joshua Becker
107 " In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. "
― Joshua Becker , Inside-Out Simplicity
108 " Minimalism isn’t about removing things you love. It’s about removing the things that distract you from the things you love. #minimalisthome "
109 " minimizing is actually optimizing—reducing the number of your possessions until you get to the best possible level for you and your family. It’s individual, freeing, and life promoting. It’s a makeover that you can do on your own, in your current house, just by getting rid of stuff. "
110 " Because the best things in life aren't things "
111 " Will Rogers once said, “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.” 1 "
112 " Replace “Do I want this?” with “Do I need this?” And help your son or daughter ask the same question. It’s one of the most important lessons they will ever learn. "
113 " There are two ways to make a man richer: Give him more money or curb his desires.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau. "
114 " Life would be better lived if there was less stuff to manage and organize and clean. "
115 " I have come to realize that the mindset of competition is based on a faulty premise. It assumes there is a finite sized pie – that one more success in another’s life equals one less success in mine. But quite frankly, this thinking is incorrect. The size of the pie is not finite. In reality, the pie keeps growing. Another’s success does not mean I have less shot at it. In fact, another’s success can actually be my success if I had an opportunity to encourage and promote them along the way! "
116 " Living life is indeed far more enjoyable than managing and organizing stuff! "
117 " Sometimes, parting with our possessions means giving up an image that we have created in our mind of the person we would like to become. Sometimes, minimizing possessions means a dream must die. "
118 " People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.” - Malcolm S. Forbes "
119 " The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” - Buddha "
120 " Reorganizing doesn’t actually constitute change in our lives. It is only a temporary fix which we will continually revisit. If organizing your stuff worked, wouldn’t you be done by now? "