Tidying Quotes

People cannot change their tidying habits without first changing their way of thinking.

Marie Kondo

Effective tidying involves only three essential actions. All you need to do is take the time to examine every item you own, decide whether or not you want to keep it, then choose where to put what you keep. Designate a place for each thing.

Marie Kondo

Get rid of things or you'll spend your whole life tidying up.

Marguerite Duras

Keep only things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest.

Marie Kondo

Cleaning and organizing is a practice, not a project.

Meagan Francis

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

Gretchen Rubin

For every minute spent on organizing, an hour is earned.

Benjamin Franklin

Tidying is just a tool, not the final destination. The true goal should be to establish the lifestyle you want most once your house has been put in order.

Marie Kondo

The urge to point out someone else’s failure to tidy is usually a sign that you are neglecting to take care of your own space. This is why you should begin by discarding only your own things. You can leave the communal spaces to the end. The first step is to confront your own stuff.

Marie Kondo

The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.

Marie Kondo

In essence, tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.

Marie Kondo

Pour your time and passion into what brings you the most joy, your mission in life. I am convinced that putting your house in order will help you find the mission that speaks to your heart. Life truly beings after you have put your house in order.

Marie Kondo