Keep It Simple Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old keep it simple quotes, keep it simple sayings, and keep it simple proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.
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Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
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Just keep it simple. When you over-think what you're wearing, that's when wardrobe malfunctions tend to happen.
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Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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Simplicity is the glory of expression.
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Live simply, so that others may simply live.
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Keep it simple and keep it real. The more basic we see our connection to God and Spirit, the easier it is to feel like you're a part of it
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Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.
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Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.
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To keep it simple, why did God choose me? Because He felt like it!
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The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
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Simplicity is, as simple as you make it.
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Everything seems simpler from a distance.
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.
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Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.
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It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.
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Keep it simple. You don't want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.
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The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.
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Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.
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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
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Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.
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Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
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Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.
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A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.
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Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.
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Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
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Hair and shoes say it all. Everything in between is forgivable as long as you keep it simple. Trying to talk with your clothes is passive-aggress ive.
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Keep it simple, make it general, and make it intelligible.
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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
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Whatever makes you feel bad, Leave it. Whatever makes you smile, Keep it. Simple as that.
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The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.
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Simplicity = freeing yourself from trappings. Keep it simple.
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Keep it simple, don't over do your self. Because simple is classy, and overdoing it looks trashy.
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Keep it simple. Let's do the obvious thing the common thing but let's do it uncommonly well.
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Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don't let technology enslave you.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information. Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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The key to a good life is to keep it simple, yet creating simplicity is such a complex issue.
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The most simple things can bring the most happiness.
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus
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We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
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If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.
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Men should use common words to say uncommon things.
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Above all, keep it simple.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.
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Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.
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The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.
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A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Our life is frittered away by detail simplify, simplify.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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It is desirable that a man live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that if an enemy take the town. He can walk out the gate empty handed and without anxiety.
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Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy.
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Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
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Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
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When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.
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Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.
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Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.
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If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.
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That's been one of my mantras focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
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People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
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I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple, tell the damned story.
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See it big, and keep it simple.
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The greatest ideas are the simplest.
