91 Quotes by Joshua Becker

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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