--- title: "20 Happy Quotes By Gretchen Rubin" description: "20 Happy quotes by Gretchen Rubin. Plus more from Gretchen Rubin and more Happy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/gretchen-rubin-867_happy_self-knowledge-makes-me-happy-507326_507326.png" --- > [Self-knowledge makes me happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/self-knowledge-makes-me-happy/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/gretchen-rubin-867_happy_self-knowledge-makes-me-happy-507326_507326.png) > [We are happy when we are growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/we-are-happy-when-we-are-growing/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/gretchen-rubin-867_growing_we-are-happy-when-we-are-growing-929197_929197.png) > [Reading makes me happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/reading-makes-me-happy/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/gretchen-rubin-867_happy_reading-makes-me-happy-2318331_2318331.png) > [Be a storehouse of happy memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/be-a-storehouse-of-happy-memories/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/gretchen-rubin-867_family_be-a-storehouse-of-happy-memories-183965_1839651.png) > [Relationships make me happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/relationships-make-me-happy/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/gretchen-rubin-867_happy_relationships-make-me-happy-972903_972903.png) > [Writing makes me happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/writing-makes-me-happy/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/gretchen-rubin-867_happy_writing-makes-me-happy-947067_947067.png) > [I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-can-build-a-happy-life-only-on-the-foundation-of-my-own-nature/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/gretchen-rubin-867_foundation_i-can-build-a-happy-life-only-on-the-fou_2012750.png) > [I spend a lot of time saying to myself, "Well, is that really what I like to do? Is that really something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-spend-a-lot-of-time-saying-to-myself-well-is-that-really-what-i/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/gretchen-rubin-867_happy_i-spend-a-lot-of-time-saying-to-myself-w_1257249.png) > [Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/happy-people-make-people-happy-but-i-can-t-make-someone-be-happy-and/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/gretchen-rubin-867_happiness_happy-people-make-people-happy-but-i-can_2087911.png) > [“I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasn't going to change unless I made it change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-wasn-t-as-happy-as-i-could-be-and-my-life-wasn-t-going-to-change/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/gretchen-rubin-867_change_i-wasn-t-as-happy-as-i-could-be-and-my-l_2570916.png) > [“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/second-splendid-truth-one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-is/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/gretchen-rubin-867_happiness_second-splendid-truth-one-of-the-best-wa_3448.png) > [One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-is-to-make-other-people/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/gretchen-rubin-867_body_one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-ha_1153661.png) > [Contemporary research shows that happy people are more altruistic, more productive, more helpful, more likable, more creative, more resilient, more interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/contemporary-research-shows-that-happy-people-are-more-altruistic/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/gretchen-rubin-867_citizens_contemporary-research-shows-that-happy-p_3090222.jpg) > [Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/happiness-is-a-critical-factor-for-work-and-work-is-a-critical-factor-2/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/gretchen-rubin-867_critical_happiness-is-a-critical-factor-for-work_2545708.png) > [One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-in-the-present-is-to/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/gretchen-rubin-867_because_one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-ha_1807387.png) > [Many people keep photos in their homes, in their office, or in their wallet, and happy families tend to display large numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/many-people-keep-photos-in-their-homes-in-their-office-or-in-their/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/gretchen-rubin-867_about_many-people-keep-photos-in-their-homes-i_1796395.png) > [As goofy as it sounds, I try to sing in the morning. It's hard both to sing and to maintain a grouchy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/as-goofy-as-it-sounds-i-try-to-sing-in-the-morning-it-s-hard-both-to/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/gretchen-rubin-867_audience_as-goofy-as-it-sounds-i-try-to-sing-in-t_2741894.jpg) > [“Happy people generally are more forgiving, helpful, and charitable, have better self-control, and are more tolerant of frustration than unhappy people, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/happy-people-generally-are-more-forgiving-helpful-and-charitable-have/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/gretchen-rubin-867_happiness_happy-people-generally-are-more-forgivin_624492.png) > [One thing that makes me very happy is to have a complicated idea and to feel that I've expressed myself clearly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-thing-that-makes-me-very-happy-is-to-have-a-complicated-idea-and/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/gretchen-rubin-867_abstract_one-thing-that-makes-me-very-happy-is-to_1234024.jpg) > [“Epicurus wrote, “We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/epicurus-wrote-we-must-exercise-ourselves-in-the-things-which-bring/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/gretchen-rubin-867_happiness_epicurus-wrote-we-must-exercise-ourselve_1234782.jpg) ## Other authors on Happy ## More by Gretchen Rubin > [“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/second-splendid-truth-one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-is/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/knowing-what-you-admire-in-others-is-a-wonderful-mirror-into-your/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/being-taken-for-granted-is-an-unpleasant-but-sincere-form-of-praise/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“one Secret of Adulthood is “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’”? “And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-secret-of-adulthood-is-never-start-a-sentence-with-the-words-no/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we often FEEL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-of-the-findings-that-really-interests-me-is-that-although-we/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/we-all-want-to-get-along-well-with-other-people-and-one-way-to-do/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/during-my-study-of-happiness-i-noticed-something-that-surprised-me-i/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/there-is-a-preppy-wabi-sabi-to-soft-faded-khakis-and-cotton-shirts/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“There are times in the lives of most of us,” observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, “when we would have given all the world to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/there-are-times-in-the-lives-of-most-of-us-observed-william-edward/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like music, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-started-thinking-more-about-music-i-thought-i-d-accepted-the-fact/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-you-ve-had-something-for-more-than-six-months-and-it-s-still-not/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn't be overlooked. The things I do every day take on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/the-pleasure-of-doing-the-same-thing-in-the-same-way-every-day/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [Although we often assume that feelings inspire actions, in fact, actions also inspire feelings. By pushing myself to act happier, I make myself feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/although-we-often-assume-that-feelings-inspire-actions-in-fact/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-love-finding-or-inventing-ways-to-categorize-people/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“After someone's death, how strange to see the value drain away from his or her possessions; useful objects such as clothes, or dish towels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/after-someone-s-death-how-strange-to-see-the-value-drain-away-from/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy/gretchen-rubin/#itemlist", "name": "20 Happy Quotes By Gretchen Rubin", 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