--- title: "8 Kept Journal Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Kept Journal quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Kept Journal sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/ariel-gore-16108_given_my-own-habit-had-always-been-to-write-ab_188428.png" --- > [My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/my-own-habit-had-always-been-to-write-about-the-things-that-ticked-me/) [Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/ariel-gore-16108_given_my-own-habit-had-always-been-to-write-ab_188428.png) > [We kept a journal of our goals leading up to our change in lifestyle. When we go back and read that journal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-catherine-pulsifer/we-kept-a-journal-of-our-goals-leading-up-to-our-change-in-lifestyle/) [Byron & Catherine Pulsifer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-catherine-pulsifer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/byron-catherine-pulsifer-22524_appreciate-life_we-kept-a-journal-of-our-goals-leading-u_574046.jpg) > [I've always kept a journal and brought storytelling into my teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-soetoro-ng/i-ve-always-kept-a-journal-and-brought-storytelling-into-my-teaching/) [Maya Soetoro-Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-soetoro-ng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/maya-soetoro-ng-14179_always_i-ve-always-kept-a-journal-and-brought-s_820730.jpg) > [I kept a journal when I was a teenager, so I definitely look back on those to see how I dealt with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/i-kept-a-journal-when-i-was-a-teenager-so-i-definitely-look-back-on/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/sara-shepard-1948_back_i-kept-a-journal-when-i-was-a-teenager-s_1083354.png) > [I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ronstadt/i-never-wrote-anything-down-i-never-kept-a-diary-never-kept-a-journal/) [Linda Ronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ronstadt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/linda-ronstadt-2836_book_i-never-wrote-anything-down-i-never-kept_1801180.png) > [I didn't have my own journals, but my mother kept a journal while I was in the hospital, and my father wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-runyon/i-didn-t-have-my-own-journals-but-my-mother-kept-a-journal-while-i/) [Brent Runyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-runyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/brent-runyon-36124_family_i-didn-t-have-my-own-journals-but-my-mot_1922097.png) > [I've kept a journal since I was 15. And I feel like it's been crucial to who I've become and trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-ve-kept-a-journal-since-i-was-15-and-i-feel-like-it-s-been-crucial/) [Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/tavi-gevinson-2537_i-am_i-ve-kept-a-journal-since-i-was-15-and-i_2722191.jpg) > [“If I had kept a journal, I could go back through it and check up on what memory reports plausibly but not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stegner/if-i-had-kept-a-journal-i-could-go-back-through-it-and-check-up-on/) [Wallace Stegner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stegner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/wallace-stegner-1352_diary_if-i-had-kept-a-journal-i-could-go-back_2769686.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-journal/#itemlist", "name": "Kept Journal Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. 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