Keep it in a database
I think if you're going to store anything you should almost always do it in a database. There are very few times when I wouldn't, so let's start with an inline table for ease of data entry.
Storing your quotes in a database also gives you a standard for what other information you want to keep about them. Above I've added the title property for the quote itself, a text property for the author, a date property for the date I discovered the quote and a text property so I can make a note of where/how I came across it. Your options here are pretty endless.
What functionality do you need?
The size of the quotes and how you want to view/access these quotes will help you make some decisions about how you store them in the database.
- are they long and detailed or short and sweet?
- do you want to be able to view them all at once?
- do you want to be able to @mention them across your workspace?
- is there other info you want to store alongside/about those quotes?
Using the the Title property
If you store them within the title property of the page in the database then they're visible from the table view and easily searchable/mentionable too.
| Name | Author |
|---|---|
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. | Nelson Mandela |
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. | Walt Disney |
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. | Steve Jobs |
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. | Eleanor Roosevelt |
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. | Oprah Winfrey |
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. | James Cameron |
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. | John Lennon |
Storing them only this way is pretty limiting though, you can really only use the Table view as the other database views don't work so well. List and Gallery don't wrap so won't be able to see the full text. Calendar and Timeline are pretty meaningless as there isn't a date property. The Board view really only make sense when you're putting things in groups. Change the view in the example above to see what I mean.
Add the quote to the body of the pages in your database
If you copy the quote into the body of the page in the database as well then you can create a view like this which I quite like. Again it's a question of what you are using these for. This is a nice way to easily see a bunch of short and accessible quotes, perhaps not so good for longer references though.
To get this look you need to create a Gallery view and in the properties options you need to set the Card Preview to Page Content, turn off the Quote property and turn on the Author property.
Group your quotes using a board view
If you've created a select property in your database then you might want to use a board. Set up your view with the same property options as the gallery above but now you'll see your quotes divided into whatever options you've created for your select property.
Make it pretty
If it's all looking a bit dreary and you want to add some colour or style you can change the format of the quote within the page and get a bunch of different looks.
In the example below I've used
Headings
Bold, Italics, Underline
Colours
Quote
Template
Want to grab this as a template and use it in your workspace?
🙏🏻 Many thanks to clem for the great question!
