74 Best How To Be Intentional Quotes For Living Life.
This post was updated 26th January 2023.
Intentional living means simply to make mindful decisions based on the life you aspire to live. To make your own choices, you need to be really clear about what you want.
This is not always as easy as it sounds.
We step onto the conveyor belt of automatic living (unintentional life) at a very young age and it’s hard to get off it.
Being intentional is not always a simple path to follow, so it’s good to have some motivational hacks ready for your bad days.
I love a good inspirational quote when I need a pick me up (as well as a brownie and cup of chai).
This blog post is full of the best intentional living quotes I could find for you.
71 Best How To Be Intentional Quotes.
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Living Intentionally Quotes.
“Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others’ choices make us.”
Richie Norton
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
Maya Angelou
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.”
Wayne Dyer
Life is a journey, not a destination.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Intentional days create a life on purpose.”
Adrienne Enns- Intentional Days: Creating your life on purpose.
Live by design, not default.”
Anonymous
it’s not the big moves that change everything—it’s the smallest ones in your everyday life that do.
Mel Robbins
Saying no to one thing is saying yes to the possibility of another.
Ellie Roscher
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you
Rumi
Don’t go back to sleep!
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep!
“You are one decision away from a completely different life”
Mel Robbins
How To Be Intentional Quotes
You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
Elizabeth Gilbert
The future depends on what you do today.
Mahatma Ghandi
“People lose their way when they lose their why.”
Michael Hyatt
“Your life is far too valuable to be wasted on the life that everyone else is choosing.”
Joshua Becker
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
The Dalai Lama
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
Oscar Wilde
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
Albert Einstein
Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.
Andy Andrews-The Travellers Gift (a MUST read by the way).
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
Buddha
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
Brene Brown
Joyful Quotes About Intentional Living
“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.”
Oprah Winfrey
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?
Oscar Wilde- The Canterville Ghost
I think it’s important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.
Paula Cole
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.’
Roald Dahl- Billy and the Minpins
“Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic. Creative Living Beyond Fear.
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.”
Chuck Palahniuk
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace in every step: the path of mindfulness in everyday life.
Every day may not be good…
Alice Morse Earle
but there’s something good in every day”
It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.
Eeyore
Being True To Yourself Intentional Quotes.
Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.
Nora Roberts
Your children will see what you’re all about by what you live rather than what you say.”
Wayne Dyer
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”
Oprah Winfrey
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”
Brene Brown- The Gifts of Imperfection.
Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.”
T.S Eliot
You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life.
Kumail Nanjiani
It’s not about ‘what can I accomplish?’ but ‘what do I want to accomplish?’ Paradigm shift.”
Brene Brown
The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.”
Jack Kornfield, Seeking the heart of Wisdom:The path of insight meditation.
“Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. These intuitive powers were given to your soul at birth.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes- Women who run with the wolves.
Stop making sense
David Byrne
Three things cannit be long hidden: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth
Buddha
Motivational Intentional Living Quotes.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Arthur Ashe
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
Steve Jobs
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
If you own this story you get to write the ending.
Brene Brown
For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.
Michelel Obama
This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.
Maya Angelou
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Abraham Lincoln
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Lao Tzu
Let’s find the courage to live the lives we were meant to, not the lives others expect of us.
Erica Layne, The Minimalist Way:Minimalism strategies to declutter your life.
Intentional Living and Simplicity Quotes
Simplicity is complex. It’s never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.
Richie Norton
Simplicity slows down life and frees us from this modern hysteria to live faster. It finds freedom to disengage.”
Joshua Becker
The best things in life are not things.
Anonymous
Less house. More home.
Anonymous
I have three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
C.S Lewis
More was never the answer. The answer, it turned out, was always less.”
Cait Flanders
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance
Coco Chanel
He who is contented is rich
Lao Tzu
Be Intentional Quotes About Your Priorities
“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life”.
Matthew Quick
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Time has a wonderful way to show us what really matters.
Margaret Peters
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
Albert Einstein
“Living with intention means saying no to the things that aren’t important to us so we can say yes to what matters most.”
Crystal Paine
Live less out of habit and more out of intent.
Amy Rubin Flett
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
Oprah Winfey
True self care is not salt baths and chocolate cake, it is making the choice to build a life you don’t regularly need to escape from.”
Brianna Wiest
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu
In the end, just three things matter:
Jack Kornfield
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go”
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
John C. Maxwell
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
What to do next?
Take what you need from your favorite motivational quote and put one small step into action.
Say no to a request on your time, create a vision board to clarify your own purpose, journal on how the quote makes you feel, do a future self meditation, read a good story and enjoy a cuppa without worrying about what you should be doing, have a day (or a week) off social media.
All simple ways to be more intentional and acts of self-care, too. What’s not to like?
If you find a small way to be intentional everyday, you are on your way to an intentional life.
Tip: Have some prints made of your favorite inspirational quotes and place them around the house. Bombard yourself with inspiration and motivation.
The most important thing about changing your mindset is that you make the decision to start, today.
Look for the extraordinary moments in life, you will surprised by how many you find.
More posts for you.
8 Steps To Living With Intention.
41 Morning Journal Prompts And Tips To Start Your Day Inspired.
42 Positive Mantras To Live By.
Letter To My Future Self. Why And How You Write One.
Before you go.
Can I ask you a question, please?
What quotes about intentional living do you love? How have they helped you? The greatest thing for me is I always seem to find the exact right quote when I need it. Does this happen to you?
Let me know what intentional means for you and what quotes you love and use.
Life is a story and your best story is yet to be written, grab a pen and start writing.
Here with you.
Amanda x
If you are still interested in living a more intentional life, just today I came across this brilliant Ted Talk by Kathleen Ventura called intentional living breeds freedom. It is worth a watch.
I’m so inspired by this post. You bring so many wonderful quotes! Love this!
You are welcome!
Love these quotes! Yes, me too, I always seem to find that special quote or article that I need during the times that I need them the most. Must have a angel by my side. Thanks for sharing.
Agree with that 100%. It’s amazing what we find when we need it.
This quote caught my attention: “You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life”. Over the last two years I have been changing careers and although it has taken me time to feel comfortable with my decisions, I have allowed myself to slow down and enjoy the process. I will save this post to come back and read it whenever I have to remember to live more intentionally.
Wow. I agree, change is a slow process. So glad you listen to your own wisdom.
Bookmarking this! So many great quotes… you know I’m going to steal these from you for my social media. 🙂
Enjoy! Glad they are helpful…
Love these quotes! Yes, me too, I always seem to find that special quote or article that I need during the times that I need them the most. Must have a angel by my side. Thanks for sharing.
Love reading quotes! Thanks!
You are very welcome!
So many inspirational quotes to love ❤️
I’ll be pinning this to refer back to.
Thank you! I LOVE a good quote to keep me inspired….
Awesome quotes, they truly make me think about my visions in life 🙂
Quotes have a way of doing that. I love having different quotes around the house, they always seem to jump out at me when i need them!
These are all great quotes! Planning to write some on my post it and post in my wall.
That’s a great idea! I might do the same. Enjoy!
I love these quotes!! Thanks for sharing. Sometimes I want to post a photo and just a simple, but meaningful quote, and can’t find one that works….there are many here that I can, and will use, in the future! Thanks!
That’s great to hear. Glad they will be useful to you. Enjoy!
Love this! So inspirational! Can’t wait to use some of these quotes on my vision board!
Welcome! I had fund writing this one. There are so many inspiring quotes around when you look for them. Happy vision boarding!
I love this. Thank you for being so efficient – it shows you took time to plan before writing.
Thank you! That has made my day…
Thank you for this post! It’s so inspiring. I especially am drawn to “Live less out of habit and more with intent.” Think that’s a great motto for 2023.
Thanks for sharing this Danielle. Appreciate it.
You are very welcome!