Profoundly inspirational journal quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
Famous Journal Quotes
Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life changing but life expanding. Jen Williamson
All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day. Charlotte Eriksson
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
I never wrote things down to remember; I always wrote things down so I could forget. Matthew McConaughey
The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Susan Sontag
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. Christina Baldwin
In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. Susan Sontag
Sometimes when I’ve felt despondent for several days, it helps to discipline myself by saying, I’m going to think only positive thoughts. Enough is enough! Larry Godwin
Journaling is a great way to pay attention to how it all came to be. In looking back, you gain insight into and appreciation for your challenges, lessons, and perseverance. Melissa Stenginus
The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. Virginia Woolf
People who keep journals have life twice. Jessamyn West
And so I just kept writing to myself. Kimberly Novosel
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
This pouring thoughts out on paper has relieved me. I feel better and full of confidence and resolution. Diet Eman
We can only open our hearts to those we utterly trust, such as the accepting page. Gillie Bolton
Why, then, do I set before You an ordered account of so many things? it’s certainly not through me that You know them. But I’m stirring up love for You in myself and in those who read this so that we may all say, great is the Lord and highly worthy to be praised. I tell my story for love of Your love. St. Augustine of Hippo
If kids reflect on their days, they will become better problem solvers of life. Trevor Carss
If I can only write my memoir once, how do I edit it? S. Kelley Harrell
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
Keeping a journal The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma. Ernst Jünger
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
I had always felt things deeply, that was my nature. It was why I was a writer. Sometimes, the feelings were so huge, they needed a place to go. Gemma Amor
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. Natalie Goldberg
Only when she has recreated in ink upon parchment what she saw does she fully understand it. Visions are not complete until they have been set down and stepped away from, turned this way and that in the hand. Lauren Groff
What a comfort is this journal I tell myself to myself and throw the burden on my book and feel relieved. Anne Lister
The body will fail you, the mind will deceive you, but the spirit is the true essence of the Individual. Phillip Anderson
Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change. Julia Cameron
You don’t care about those first three pages; those you will throw out, those you needed to write to get to that fourth page, to get to that one long paragraph that was what you had in mind when you started, only you didn’t know that, couldn’t know that, until you got to it. Anne Lamott
Journaling can be an excellent way to increase self awareness, discover and change habits. Akiroq Brost
The secret of keeping a journal is seeing it as a draft, a stepping-stone, a process. Alexandra Johnson
I write entirely to find out what I am thinking, what I am looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. Joan Didion
To be honest, I wasn’t so sure about it at the beginning. Because it contains special things, but, if I will be a writer, I should publish it, and I have always wanted to write my memoirs. Cihan Serdaroğlu
Journaling is paying attention to the inside for the purpose of living well from the inside out. Lee Wise
These words need not be red for our blood to run through them. Amanda Gorman
This pouring thoughts out on paper has relieved me. I feel better and full of confidence and resolution. Diet Eman
Each Bullet Journal becomes another volume in the story of your life. Does it represent the life you want to live? If not, then leverage the lessons you’ve learned to change the narrative in the next volume. Ryder Carroll
Documenting little details of your everyday life becomes a celebration of who you are. Carolyn V. Hamilton
Journal writing gives us insights into who we are, who we were, and who we can become. Sandra Marinella
Writing eases my suffering. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. Gao Xingjian
Want to know one of the most rewarding and holistic ways to heal make significant life choices that will fully align? Learning to slow down, breath, think, journal, talk, and process before reacting. Knowing you have worked through the issue, be it mentally, emotionally or spiritually, before taking action lets you write the script of your life how you want. Which in turn gives you the best chance of achieving your dreams. Natasha Potter
In the journal I am at ease. Anais Nin
I wanted to write in my journal but couldn’t bring myself to. There are so many shades to what passed through me in those days. And I would shrink from committing myself to paper because the light would change before the word was out, the ink was dry. Audre Lorde
Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. Julia Cameron
If you haven’t been journaling through this, now is a good time to start. One day, you and people who love and loved you and people who will never know you may want to look back to understand how you survived. Darnell Lamont Walker
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
If kids reflect on their days, they will become better problem solvers of life Trevor Carss
Write hard and clear about what hurts. Ernest Hemingway
What questions are you pondering about the you you say you are? When you read your questions aloud, what themes do you hear? What emotion do you feel and where do you feel it most in your body? Melonie B. Garrett
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
She’s an enthusiastic recorder of life writes in her journal every prodigiously, loads her camera’s SD cards with thousands of pictures. Her swooping, idiosyncratic half print, half cursive style scrawls on month after month, skipping lines between the scraps of the discussion that seem important enough to snatch and capture. Anne Gisleson
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. Anne Frank
People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn’t kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the story for me to provide a reliable account. Sue Klebold
A journal is your completely unaltered voice. Lucy Dacus
There is beauty in flying, and there is wisdom in traveling. Lia Ocampo
Writing is powerful communication perhaps even more so than speech, as it does not disappear on the breath. Gillie Bolton
Documenting little details of your everyday life becomes a celebration of who you are. Carolyn V. Hamilton
Journal writing gives us insights into who we are, who we were, and who we can become. Sandra Marinella
We dig holes for ourselves, of comfortable living, and it’s hard to see just how deep down you are until you suddenly want to take a look at the world up there, some fresh air and realise you can’t get up. You’re too far down. Charlotte Eriksson
Keeping a journal The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma. Ernst Jünger
Often as writers, we are surprised by what we learn about ourselves. It runs counter to what we’ve thought about who we are. But it is closer to the truth. Rob Bignell
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. This, you are more deeply enjoy your journey each day. Hal Elrod
The best time to begin keeping a journal is whenever you decide to. Hannah Hinchman
You review the past to assess the present and then determine what actions are necessary to change your future. You take what you know and apply it to how you want to grow. Thus, the power of journaling. Melissa Steginus
He captures memories because if he forgets them, it’s as though they didn’t happen. Donald Miller
This is what the best journals look like. They aren’t for the reader. They are for the writer. To slow the mind down. To wage peace with oneself. Ryan Holiday
He said, You’ll write it not because there’s no possibility it’ll be found but because it costs too much to not write it. China Miéville
Putting pen to paper is a mystical way to access your most profound truths Marie Forleo
Successful journals break the deadlock of introspective obsession. Alexandra Johnson
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
The young John Quincy Adams begins it lifelong habit of keeping a journal with reluctance that he might one day have to read it. He hopes, though, that the flaws in his earlier entries will be balanced by the progress he is able to see. Paul C. Nagel
If you haven’t been journaling through this, now is a good time to start. One day, you and people who love and loved you and people who will never know you may want to look back to understand how you survived. Darnell Lamont Walker
The pages afforded glimpses into my soul where I’d hidden it, behind masks of paper and ink. Rachel L. Schade
You must remember that your story matters. What you write has the power to save a life, sometimes that life is your own. Stalina Goodwin
What you believe you deserve is what you get in life. Change your beliefs and your life transforms. Jaclyn Nicole Johnston
