Happiness Quotes by Gretchen Rubin

Be a storehouse of happy memories.

— Gretchen Rubin

Look for happiness under your own roof.

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Act the way you WANT to feel.

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Happiness: "You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic."

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We are happy when we are growing.

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“Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but everyday is a clean state and a fresh opportunity.”

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“I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasn't going to change unless I made it change.”

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Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy.

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Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

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In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home.

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“The opposite of happiness is unhappiness, not depression.”

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“Although we presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact we often feel because of the way we…

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Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.

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“...perhaps the most acute source of happiness from writing was the happiness of expressing a very complicated idea–the kind of idea that…

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“Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness. If we have habits that work for us,…

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I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own…

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The number one resolution that people mention to me as something that's made them happier is - to my surprise - making…

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Your unhappiness doesn't help anyone else - and in fact, as I mentioned in another answer, happy people are more altruistically inclined.…

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“In fact, in what’s known as “rosy prospection,” anticipation of happiness is sometimes greater than the happiness actually experienced.”

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One of the things that surprised me the most is how often we assume that because something's fun for someone else, it…

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Think about what kind of person you are and shape your habits, and your happiness, to show what's true about you instead…

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“couldn’t just jump into this happiness project. I had a lot to learn before I was ready for my year to begin.…

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“I had everything I could possibly want -- yet I was failing to appreciate it. Bogged down in petty complaints and passing…

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It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is…

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“Although people sometimes assume that the happy are self-absorbed and complacent, just the opposite is true. In general, happiness doesn't make people…

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“Happy people generally are more forgiving, helpful, and charitable, have better self-control, and are more tolerant of frustration than unhappy people, while…

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One thing that makes me very happy is to have a complicated idea and to feel that I've expressed myself clearly. I…

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I realize that in a happy life, making your bed should play a very small part, I don't know why this is…

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“Keep it simple' wasn't always the right response. Many things that boosted my happiness also added complexity to my life. Having children.…

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“The bus was hardly moving, but I could hardly keep pace with my own thoughts. “I’ve got to tackle this,” I told…

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It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted…

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“Of course it's not enough to sit around wanting to be happy; you must make the effort to take steps toward happiness…

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“Pushing myself, I knew, would cause me serious discomfort. It's a Secret of Adulthood: Happiness doesn't always make you feel happy. When…

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“Accept myself, and expect more of myself. Give myself limits to give myself freedom. Make people happier by acknowledging that they’re not…

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“Epicurus wrote, “We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if…

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“Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the…

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Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food.

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Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness

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I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature.

— Gretchen Rubin

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good

— Gretchen Rubin