Top 31 Most Inspiring Quotes About Journaling

“Journaling is like whispering to one’s self and listening at the same time.” ― Mina Murray

“Keep a diary and one day it’ll keep you.” ― Mae West

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” ― Flannery O’Connor

“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

“People who keep journals have life twice.” ― Jessamyn West

“Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.” ― Christina Baldwin

“A journal is your completely unaltered voice.” ― Lucy Dacus

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour

“Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.” ― Julia Cameron

“Writing your journals, that’s your autobiography.” ― Robin Sharma

“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

“Keeping a diary is like closing your bedroom door and refusing to come out until dinnertime: it is a declaration of self.” ― Caitlin Flanagan

“Journal writing gives us insights into who we are, who we were, and who we can become.” ― Sandra Marinella

“Journaling is paying attention to the inside for the purpose of living well from the inside out.” ― Lee Wise

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you – Maya Angelou

“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

“We can only open our hearts to those we utterly trust, such as the accepting page.” ― Gillie Bolton

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” ― Anne Frank

“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

“What a comfort is this journal I tell myself to myself and throw the burden on my book and feel relieved.” ― Anne Lister

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou

“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

“I find the experience of keeping a journal much more creative on paper than on a computer.” ― Keri Smith

“Whether you are a keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it’s the same thing. What’s important is you are having relationship with your mind.” ― Natalie Goldberg

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ― William Wordsworth

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” ― Natalie Goldberg

“Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding.” ― Jennifer Williamson

“In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.” ― Susan Sontag

“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

“Journaling is like whispering to one’s self and listening at the same time – Mina Murray

“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

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