Top 60 Joshua Becker Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Minimalism isn’t about removing things you love. It’s about removing the things that distract you from the things you love.”

— Joshua Becker

2. “You don’t need more space. You need less stuff.”

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

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4. “If you’re not using the stuff in your home, get rid of it. You’re not going to start using it more by shoving it in a closet somewhere.”

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

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6. “Often it is those who live quietly, modestly, and contentedly with a simple life who are the happiest.”

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7. “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.”

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8. “Don’t just declutter, de-own.”

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9. “Owning less is better than organizing more.”

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10. “The goal of minimalism, let’s remember, is not just to own less stuff. The goal of minimalism is to unburden our lives so we can accomplish more.”

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11. “Maybe the life you’ve always wanted is buried under everything you own!”

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12. “Our excessive possessions are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do. Once we let go of the things that don’t matter, we are free to pursue all the things that really do matter.”

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13. “Remember, your memories are not stored in the object; the memories are in you.”

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14. “Have the courage to build your life around what is really most important to you.”

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15. “Learn to enjoy things without owning them. Ownership is nothing, access is everything. Visit a library, a park, or a museum.”

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16. “Don’t just drift through life. Live intentionally and on purpose.” I.”

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17. “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.”

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18. “Clutter is a form of visual distraction, and everything in our vision pulls at our attention at least a little. The less clutter, the less visual stress we have in our environments. A simple, minimalist home is calming.”

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19. “The rules for parents are but three... love, limit, and let them be.” – Elaine M. Ward.”

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20. “Kids who don’t learn boundaries become adults who don’t set them.”

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21. “Sometimes, minimizing possessions means a dream must die. But this is not always a bad thing. Sometimes, it takes giving up the person we wanted to be in order to fully appreciate the person we can actually become.”

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23. “Because the best things in life aren’t things.”

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24. “Asking “Who can I help today?” will always lead to a more fulfilling life than “How can I make more money today?”

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25. “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.”

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26. “You can do anything you want, but you can’t do everything.”

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27. “William Morris says it this way: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” 4.”

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28. “To stop letting advertisers control our lives, we must be mentally prepared to counter their assault.”

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29. “Living life is indeed far more enjoyable than managing and organizing stuff!”

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30. “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.”

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31. “It feels better to do stuff than to have stuff.”

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32. “I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” – Leo Rosten.”

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33. “Stop trying to impress others with your stuff and start trying to impress them with your life.”

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34. “Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” – Mark Twain.”

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35. “Over the course of an average lifetime, because of all the clutter we live in, we will spend 3,680 hours, or 153 days, searching for misplaced items.”

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36. “In our overcrowded homes today, most possessions are not truly “belongings.” They are only distracting us from the things that do belong.”

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37. “So this very day, donate clothing you don’t wear, sporting equipment you don’t use, books you aren’t going to read, or furniture needlessly taking up space. Make a financial donation to a charity you support. Be generous with your time by volunteering at your local school, a homeless shelter, or the nonprofit of your choice. It’s the quickest shortcut I can suggest to having a life of impact.”

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38. “Sleep deprived new parents are an easy target for marketers.”

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39. “Life would be better lived if there was less stuff to manage and organize and clean.”

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40. “If organizing your stuff worked, wouldn’t you be done by now?”

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41. “But maybe the greatest benefit of generosity is this: generous people realize that they already have enough.”

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42. “The goal is not to remove every person from my life who does not serve me. The goal is to bring greater intentionality into each of my relationships. I want to find people who will lead me, mentor me, and love me, but I also want to keep in my life people whom I serve and love and pour my life into. Because both are required for a balanced life.”

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43. “There are two ways to make a man richer: Give him more money or curb his desires.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau.”

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44. “Mark Twain has been credited as saying, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” And I might add a third: the day you throw off any distraction and decide to pursue your purpose fully.”

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45. “Any half-awake materialist well knows – that which you hold holds you.” – Tom Robbins.”

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46. “People who give away possessions hold their remaining possessions in higher esteem. People who give their time make better use of their remaining time. And people who donate money are less wasteful with the money left over.”

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47. “We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more – and as a result, too often miss the joy that comes from owning less.”

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48. “People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.” – Malcolm S. Forbes.”

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49. “Be who you are, not who you wished to be.”

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50. “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.”

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