Tidy Quotes

“The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't.”
― Marie Kondō

“I should like to tidy things up and disappear.”
― Virginia Woolf

“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 Kondō

“In fact, that particular article of clothing has already completed its role in your life, and you are free to say, "Thank you for giving me joy when I bought you," or "Thank you for teaching me what doesn't suit me," and let it go.
Every object has a different role to play. Not all clothes have come to you to be worn threadbare. It is the same with people. Not every person you meet in your life will become a close friend or lover. Some you will find hard to get along with or impossible to like. But these people, too, teach you the precious lesson of who you DO like, so that you will appreciate those special people even more.
When you come across something that you cannot part with, think carefully about its true purpose in your life. You'll be surprised at how many of the things you possess have already fulfilled their role. By acknowledging their contribution and letting them go with gratitude, you will be able to truly put the things you own, and your life in order. In the end, all that will remain are the things that you really treasure..p 60-61”
― Marie Kondō

“Restoring order of my personal universe suddenly seemed imperative, as I refolded my T-shirts, stuffed the toes of my shoes with tissue paper, and arranged all the bills in my secret stash box facing the same way, instead of tossed in sloppy and wild, as if by my evil twin. All week, I kept making lists and crossing things off them, ending each day with a sense of great accomplishment eclipsed only by complete and total exhaustion.”
― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby

“He longed for cleanliness and tidiness: it was hard to find peace in the middle of disorder.”
― Robin Hobb, City of Dragons

“I'd like to be tidy, said Hen, I try, but I guess you can't be what you aren't.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Sunday Philosophy Club

“A short time after tidying, their space is a disorganized mess. The cause is not lack of skills but rather lack of awareness and the inability to make tidying a regular habit.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“A sane man who is untidy seems crazier than a tidy man who is insane.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“She said she did not tidy up if someone came to see her, for she was that way and if her friends could not accept it they could not accept her. Besides, she said, she know just in which layer were the things she wanted.”
― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

“The front room of his house was what I called 'untidy chic'. Prefects weren't subject to the same Rules on room tidiness, but since no one really enjoyed clutter, a certain style of ordered untidiness was generally considered de couleur for a prefect's room.”
― Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey

“The garbage can is for things that have no importance. If it did have some value, it no longer has any.”
― J.R. Rim

“There are those who get out and live life, and there are those who stay home and clean their house.

And there are those that call one virtuous and one whimsical and irresponsible.

And there are those like us that call it your choice in the way you live your life.
You get to choose.
Nobody else.”
― Abraham Hicks

“We have worked all day to tidy the mess you have made.”
― Wilbur Smith, The Leopard Hunts in Darkness

“Death does not tidy up or sweep as it departs.
We all of us leave traces other than the ashes and the bones.”
― Jim Crace, The Melody

“Tidy your business by looking at your product offerings and categorize them by putting them into value grade buckets.”
― Richie Norton

“A tidy personal life will improve your work and tidy work will improve your personal life.”
― Richie Norton

“The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mind-set.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“My tidy and well-appointed box might be ‘my’ world, but it will never be ‘the’ world.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It's hard to change someone else. But we can change ourselves.”
― Marie Kondō, Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life

“The true purpose of tidying is not to cut down on your possessions or declutter your space. The ultimate goal is to spark joy every day and lead a joyful life.”
― Marie Kondō, Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life

“You can't cure inner Turmoil with outward Tidiness.”
― Sino Melo