50 Quotes about Packing and Moving

Quotes about packing and moving: Want to learn more about packing and moving and what to expect during the process? Here are some quotes from our blog post “Quotes about packing and moving”: Tips for Successful Packing and Moving”.

I’m a huge believer in packing for your move. I personally pack all my moving furniture and boxes before leaving for the airport. I make sure to load my crates and boxes into my luggage bag before I leave home, to avoid any mishaps.

After I’ve packed all my furniture, I’ll then put the rest of my belongings into either a large duffel bag or an empty suitcase. As soon as I arrive at the new location, I’ll just throw them all into a storage room to be safe!

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Quotes about Packing and Moving

“I love moving. I love new houses. I’m always looking for somewhere else.” — Elisabeth Hurley

“Let your home be your mast and not your anchor.” — Kahlil Gibran.

“I’m cleaning out the past, packing up the present, and preparing for a much better future.” — Unknown

“Here’s to a new home, a new adventure, new memories.” — The Wilders.

“There’s nothing more exciting than moving into your new home.” — Unknown.

Quotes about Packing and Moving

“No man can really succeed if he doesn’t move away from where he was born.”

“Instead of cleaning my house, I’m just going to move to a new one!” — Unknown.

“Home is where the heart is, even if you can’t remember which box you packed it in.”

“I’m looking forward to moving, but I forgot how much I hate packing.”

“The hardest thing about moving is getting everything to fit into a box.”

“Congratulation on moving something other than a treatment facility.”

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Moving and Packing Quotes

“Packing and moving house is nowhere near as hard as unpacking and settling down.”

“Every time we left a place, I felt the things that happened there being wiped clean.” —  Melissa Albert.

“What’s the point of being stuck in a single home for the rest of your life? We have to keep moving and changing in order to grow.” — Unknown

“When you’re safe at home, you wish you were having an adventure; when you’re having an adventure, you wish you were safe at home.” — Thorton Wilder

“As corny as it sounds, to me, home is where the heart is… So moving houses is just another way in which I get to experience life.” — Ellen DeGeneres

“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet…” — Rachel Wolchin.

“When moving to a new home, people say ‘But you won’t know anyone there” as if that’s a bad thing.”

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Packing and Moving Quotes

“People get rid of plenty when they move. Sometimes, they’re changing not just places but their personalities as well.” ― Colson Whitehead, “The Nickel Boys”

“Home is where everyone comes for respite and rest, but if a home environment does not provide what we need, then we’ll start to seek it elsewhere.” —  Nicoline Ambe, Being Dad

“Dare to be brave. Move out of your old house, and leave everything behind to start anew. You’ll be surprised at the great things that life will have in store for you.” — Unknown

“There is always sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you’re going is as good as where you have been.” ― Richard Proenneke, “One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey”

“It’s never easy to leave everything we’ve known for so long behind. Still, sometimes, moving is necessary if we want to leave our troubles behind and create a new adventure for ourselves.” — Unknown

“I believe that one can never truly leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears, and the dragons of home under one’s skin, at the extreme corners of one’s eyes, and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.” ― Maya Angelou, “Letter to My Daughter”

“You can go to other places, all right. You can live on the other side of the world, but you can’t ever leave home.” ― Sue Monk Kidd.

“In life, a person will come and go from many homes. We may leave a house, a town, a room, but that does not mean those places leave us. Once entered, we never entirely depart the homes we make for ourselves in the world. They follow us, like shadows, until we come upon them again, waiting for us in the mist.” ― Ari Berk, “Death Watch”

“I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way — leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. The years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance.” ― Beryl Markham, “West with the Night”

Quotes about Packing Up and Leaving

“In the art of packing up and leaving, you’ll discover the beauty of new beginnings.”

“Sometimes, the best adventure begins when you decide to pack your bags and go.”

“Leaving isn’t always about running away; it’s often the first step toward something better.”

“Pack your dreams, leave your doubts behind, and embrace the journey.”

“Travel light, live heavy with memories, and leave a trail of stories wherever you go.”

“Leaving is like hitting the reset button on life’s adventure.”

Quotes about Packing and Moving

“Don’t be afraid to pack up and leave; you never know what wonders await you on the horizon.”

“The world is your suitcase; pack it with experiences, and leave nothing behind.”

“When it’s time to leave, don’t look back; your future is waiting for you.”

“Packing up is a reminder that life’s greatest treasures are experiences, not possessions.”

“Leaving your comfort zone is the first step to finding your true self.”

“Embrace the art of packing lightly, and let the world be your destination.”

Moving House Quotes and Sayings

“Home is not a place… it’s a feeling.” – Unknown

“Home is where one starts from.” – T. S. Eliot

“Love begins at home.” – Mother Teresa

“Home is the nicest word there is.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

“What I love most about my home is who I share it with.” – Tad Carpenter

“Home is a shelter from storms – all sorts of storms.” – William J. Bennett

“The ultimate luxury is being able to relax and enjoy your home.” – Jeff Lincoln

“A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“May the roof above us never fall in, and may we good companions beneath it never fall out.” – Irish Blessing

“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home…” – John Howard Payne

“You’re moving, and you’re packing. You’ve done it before, but you want to make sure it’s done right.” – Author unknown

If you’re in a professional relationship with someone who is moving to a different city or state, you need to be prepared for the possibility of a move. Whether it’s just two hours away or two weeks away, you should have all of your belongings packed and ready for when the time comes.

If your relationship is already long enough that you can’t rely on that person to be home to help load and unload boxes, then you should consider getting packers and movers.

This is a great way to save money because you can hire someone to handle all of the heavy lifting on your own.  You can hire movers so they don’t have to spend as much time loading and unloading boxes.