Alexandra Stoddard is an author, well-known interior designer, and lifestyle philosopher.
We choose how enthusiastically we live our time alive.
What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all of our tomorrows.
Whatever your beliefs are, you do not have to justify them to others.
The correct word is like any small detail - it enhances life.
This may shock you, but the most important person in your life is you. You are meant to be 'full of yourself.
Finding your personal style is a rich journey of discovery, wonder, adventure, and excitement.
The choices that make a significant difference in our lives are the tough ones. They're not often fun or easy, but they're the ones we have to make, and each is a deliberate step toward better understanding who we really are.
Always remember your brilliance.
Be kind to yourself, to others and everything around you.
Every stimulus becomes an opportunity to find fresh ways to express your personal vision.
Puttering is really a time to be alone, to dream, to get in touch with yourself. . . To putter is to discover.
The rooms that are lived in are the ones we find most comforting.
The world is extremely interesting to a joyful soul.
The difference between living and half living is seeing well, looking for associations between things, seeking the connections, being aware of scale and proportion.
You don't have to prove anything to anyone.
Living well is a courageous act.