Tiny House Quotes

tiny house quotes

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Hi, I’m Ryan

After living in a tiny home for close to a decade, I’ve learned a few things and heard from others who’ve done the same. Here are some of the best pieces of advice, quotes, and slogans I’ve heard along the way.

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When it comes to tiny living, most people focus on the tiny house itself, but it’s important to have the right mindset too. When people see happy tiny housers, what they’re actually seeing is people who have taken the steps towards an intentional life.

This is a life where less is more, where we reduce all things down to their most essential parts; leaving only those things that matter the most. Here are some words of wisdom for you to consider in your tiny house journey.

Inspirational Tiny House Quotes To Live By

Inspirational Tiny House Quotes To Live By

have beautiful things in your house

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”

~ William Morris


happy people make the best of things

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of what they have”

~ Doug Stone, Singer


less house more home

“Love grows best in little houses with fewer walls to separate. Where you eat and sleep so close together. You can’t help but communicate. And if we had more room between us think of all we’d miss. Love grows best in houses just like this.”

~ Doug Stone, Singer


piece of mind

“If it costs you peace of mind, it’s too expensive.”

~ Unknown


the secret of happiness

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”

~ Socrates

Tiny House Living Quotes

Tiny House Living Quotes

less house more home

“Less House, More Home”

~ Jay Schaffer


small rooms are cozy

“Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci


perfect design

“You know you have reached perfection of design not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.”

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


Any intelligent fool can make things bigger

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”

~ E. F. Schumacher


get out in the world to do your living

“When you live in a tiny house, you live in such a small space that you have to get out in the world to do your living in places other than your home”

~ Ryan Mitchell, The Tiny Life


reduce the complexity of life

“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.”

~ Edwin Way Teale

Living Simply In A Tiny House Quotes

Living Simply In A Tiny House Quotes

eliminate the unnecessary

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”

~ Hans Hofmann, Artist


excessive possessions are not making us happy

“Our excessive possessions are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do.”

~ Joshua Becker, Becoming Minimalist


identify the essential and eliminate the rest

“Simplicity boils down to two things: identify the essential and eliminate the rest.”

~ Leo Babauta, Zen Habits


simplicity is often a complex journey

“The pursuit of simplicity is often a complex journey.”

~ Ryan Mitchell, The Tiny Life


live simply

“Live simply so that others may simply live.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi


in the end

“In the end, you are going to want to be surrounded by the people you love, doing the things you enjoy, and on a life journey that makes you smile when you think about the places you went and things you did. Tiny houses open up the freedom to do all of these things—not just later on, but now.”

~ Ryan Mitchell, Tiny House Living

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