50 Motivational Quotes to Help You Declutter Your Home and Life

Decluttering can be an overwhelming task, but it is also an essential part of keeping a happy and healthy home. Whether you’re starting small with a single closet or tackling your entire house, these motivational quotes will inspire you to let go of the things that are no longer serving you and create space for the things that matter most.

1. “Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas, toxic relationships, and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self.” – Eleanor Brown

2. “The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” – Anonymous

3. “The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t.” – Joshua Becker

4. “Minimalism is not a lack of something. It’s simply the perfect amount of something.” – Nicholas Burroughs

5. “If you don’t love it, use it, or need it, it’s clutter.” – Francine Jay

6. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

7. “A cluttered room is a cluttered mind.” – Lillian Vernon

8. “The things you own end up owning you.” – Chuck Palahniuk

9. “The space in which we live should be beautiful, functional, and meaningful.” – William Morris

10. “The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are.” – Mother Teresa

11. “Decluttering is not about perfection; it’s about simplicity and creating a life that you love.” – Lisa Trigsted

12. “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” – A.A. Milne

13. “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” – Socrates

14. “The more things you own, the more they own you.” – Unknown

15. “Every increased possession adds increased anxiety onto our lives.” – Randy Alcorn

16. “Life is too complicated not to be orderly.” – Martha Stewart

17. “The things that we love tell us who we are.” – Thomas Merton

18. “The more stuff you have, the more stress you have.” – Unknown

19. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Steve Jobs

20. “The goal of minimalism is not to own fewer things but to live a simpler, happier life.” – Unknown

21. “The things that matter most should never be at the mercy of the things that matter least.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

22. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris

23. “Decluttering is a way of showing yourself love and respect.” – Unknown

24. “Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.” – Joshua Becker

25. “When you own less, you have more time to focus on the things that matter most.” – Unknown

26. “Minimalism is the constant art of editing your life.” – Unknown

27. “Live simply so that others may simply live.” – Mahatma Gandhi

28. “It’s not the things you get rid of that define your life; it’s the things you keep.” – Unknown

29. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts.

30. “Our lives are frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau

31. “When you clear clutter–physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual–you make space for your dreams to grow.” – Denise Linn

32. “Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.” – Thomas Mann

33. “At its heart, clutter is a lack of peace.” – Kathi Lipp

34. “Your home is a living space, not a storage space.” – Francine Jay

35. “There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment and the masterpiece of good housekeeping is one of them.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

36. “Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.” – Coco Chanel

37. “If you want to improve your life immediately, clean out a closet. Often, it will surprise you how much it improves the rest of your life.” – Maya Angelou

38. “If you have to clean house, you might as well do it in style.” – Miss Piggy

39. “You can’t reach for anything new if our hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.” – Louise Smith

40. “We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.” – Will Rogers

41. “Organization isn’t about perfection; it’s about efficiency, reducing stress, and clutter, saving time and money, and improving your overall quality of life.” – Christina Scalise

42. “It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential.” – Bruce Lee

43. “The easiest way to organize your stuff is to get rid of most of it.” – Joshua Fields Millburn

44. “The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t.” – Marie Kondo

45. “Out of clutter, find simplicity.” – Albert Einstein

46. “You don’t have to face every skeleton in your closet before you can make some room in there!”
– Carmen Klassen

47. “Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.” – Thomas Mann

48. “Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.” – Edwin Way Teale

49. “The space in which we live should be as beautiful and clean as possible, like a clean slate for the mind and body to work with.” – Terri Guillemets

50. “When you let go of what no longer serves you, you create space for something better.” – Unknown

Remove what you don’t need to create space for what matters.

Whether you’re simplifying our physical space or clearing out mental clutter, decluttering is a powerful tool for creating a happier and healthier life. I hope this quotes help you achieve that.