30 Inspiring Organizing & Decluttering Quotes (2024)

Do you ever wake up on the “wrong side of the bed” and already just know that it’s going to be one of those days?

Me too!

Unfortunately, no matter who you are, where you live, or what you do – everyone will experience these unmotivated days. We all have times when it seems everything is going wrong, we aren’t capable of achieving the simplest of tasks, or just get plain frustrated when things don’t go our way!

It happens to the best of us.

On those days, I like to look at my little list of motivational quotes to get me back on track and feeling productive. There’s some sort of magic in relating to others, feeling that sense of community.

Knowing that you aren’t alone!

So without further ado, here are my favourite short quotes about organizing and decluttering:

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

2- “Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.” –Paul Wellstone

3- “Being organized isn’t about getting rid of everything you own or trying to become a different person. It’s about living the way you want to live, but better.” –Andrew Mellen

4- “Organized people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want.”– Albert Einstein

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

6- “Organizing 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

7- “With organization comes empowerment.” –Lynda Peterson

8- “Organize yourself before you try to organize anything else.” –C. Jay

9- “Being organized is all about the ABC’s: Awareness and Action, Balance and Beliefs, Choices and consistency.” – Tanya Allason

10- “Organizing the home: 1% buying boxes and bins and putting stuff away. 99% motivation.” –Anonymous

11- “Cleaning And Organizing Is A Practice, Not A Project.” – Meagan Francis

12- “It always seem impossible until it’s done.” –Nelson Mandela

13- “Once you have a clear idea of your priorities at is your values, goals and high leverage activities, organize around them.” –Stephen Covey

14- “Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.” –Robert Southey

15- “The best way to get something done is to begin.” – Unknown

16- “Organization is not an option; it is a fundamental survival skill and distinct competitive advantage.” –Pam N. Woods

17- “Stop waiting for the perfect time to get organized. Take this moment and make some progress.” –Heidi Leonard

18- “Organize, don’t agonize.” – Nancy P

19- “Bottom line is, if you do not use it or need it, it’s clutter, and it needs to go.” – Charisse Ward

20- “Organizing is a process; an organization is the result of that process.” –Elinor Ostrom

21- “Being organized is not about being company-ready 24/7. It’s about being able to find what you need and restore order quickly.” –Monika Kristofferson

22- “Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” –African Proverb

23- “You don’t have to be perfect to be organized.” –Monika Kristofferson

24- “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality.” – Napoleon Hill

25- “Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.” –Terry Pratchett

26- “Simplicity boils down to two things: Identify the essential, and eliminate the rest.” – Leo Babauta

27- “Calm house, calm life.” –Unknown

28- “Life truly begins when you put your house in order.” –Marie Kondo

29- “The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.” – Marcus Aurelius

30- “Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.” – Wendell Berry

Did you have a favourite quote? Does one of these stand out to you? Comment below!

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