50 Quotes For Journal To Open Your Heart And Mind
Looking for the best quotes for journal? These 50 epic journal quotes will open your heart and mind today.
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The following quotes about journaling will instantly warm your heart.
These journal quotes will also make you realise the TRUE power of journaling.
Let me share with you the most inspiring, loveliest quotes for journal.
So without further ado, here are the 50 journal quotes – embrace these and enjoy!
QUOTES FOR JOURNAL
1 – As there are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray
2 – Writing in a journal each day allows you to direct your focus to what you accomplished, what you’re grateful for and what you’re committed to doing better tomorrow. Thus, you more deeply enjoy your journey each day. Hal Elrod
3 – I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. Flannery O’Connor
4 – I never wrote things down to remember;
I always wrote things down so I could forget. Matthew McConaughey
5 – Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. Christina Baldwin
6 – Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. William Wordsworth
7- Write hard and clear about what hurts. Ernest Hemingway
8 – There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
9 – Successful journals break the deadlock of introspective obsession. Alexandra Johnson
10 – Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. Christina Baldwin
QUOTES FOR JOURNAL
11 – Whether you’re keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it’s the same thing. What’s important is you’re having a relationship with your mind. Natalie Goldberg
12 – I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. Anne Frank
13 – Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change. Julia Cameron
14 – People who keep journals have life twice. Jessamyn West
15 – A journal is your completely unaltered voice. Lucy Dacus
16 – Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. Gao Xingjian
17- The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Anais Nin
18 – This pouring thoughts out on paper has relieved me. I feel better and full of confidence and resolution. Diet Eman
19 – In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather — in many cases — offers an alternative to it. Susan Sontag
20 – Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself. Robin Sharma
QUOTES FOR JOURNAL
21 – A good journal entry- like a good song, or sketch, or photograph- ought to break up the habitual and life away from the film that forms over the eye, the finger, the tongue, the heart. A good journal entry ought to be a love letter to the world. Anthony Doerr
22 – I don’t journal to ‘be productive.’ I don’t do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren’t intended for anyone but me. It’s the most cost-effective therapy I’ve ever found. Tim Ferriss
23 – Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. Natalie Goldberg
24 – I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear. Joan Didion
25 – I owe a good deal to this journal. By unburdening my mind on paper I feel, as it were, in some degree to get rid of it; it seems made over to a friend that hears it patiently, keeps it faithfully, and by never forgetting anything, is always ready to compare the past and present and thus to cheer & edify the future. Anne Lister
26 – I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies. Anne Frank
27- Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding. Jen Williamson
28 – Sometimes the only paper will listen to you.
29 – Keeping a journal of what’s going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what’s important and what’s not. Martina Navratilova
30 – If you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Madeleine L’Engle
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31 – Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it. Natalie Goldberg
32 – Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell. Louisa May Alcott
33 – Journaling helps you to remember how strong you truly are within yourself. Asad Meah
34 – What a comfort is this journal. I tell myself to myself and throw the burden on my book and feel relieved. Anne Lister
35 – Journaling is like whispering to one’s self and listening at the same time. Mina Murray
36 – Writing is my way of expressing – and thereby eliminating – all the various ways we can be wrong-headed. Zadie Smith
37- Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. Louis L’Amour
38 – Your subconscious mind is trying to help you all the time. That’s why I keep a journal – not for chatter but for mostly the images that flow into the mind or little ideas. I keep a running journal, and I have all of my life, so it’s like your gold mine when you start writing. Jim Harrison
39 – If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. Anaïs Nin
40 – I love my journal as much as I love my phone. I find it to be a big part of my self-care to reflect on my day and write words that inspire me. Franchesca Ramsey
QUOTES FOR JOURNAL
41 – Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding. Jennifer Williamson
42 – If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured, and unique individual, keep a journal. Don’t trust your memory. Jim Rohn
43 – Documenting little details of your everyday life becomes a celebration of who you are. Carolyn V. Hamilton
44 – Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. Lisa See
45 – Journaling is paying attention to the inside for the purpose of living well from the inside out. Lee Wise
46 – Journal writing gives us insights into who we are, who we were, and who we can become. Sandra Marinella
47- The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Robin Sharma
48 – Your Journal is like your best friend, You don’t have to pretend with it, you can be honest and write exactly how you feel. Bukola Ogunwale
49 – Journal what you love, what you hate, what’s in your head, what’s important. Journaling organizes your thoughts; allows you to see things in a concrete way that otherwise you might not see. Focus on what you think you need to find in your art. Kay Walkingstick
50 – The best time to begin keeping a journal is whenever you decide to. Hannah Hinchman
BONUS: Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter. And lead pencil markings endure longer than memory. Jack London
Much love,
Frances Vidakovic
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