Virtues Plotted Quotes 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…

— Gretchen Rubin

Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.

— 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…

— Gretchen Rubin

“one Secret of Adulthood is “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’”? “And”

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Gretchen Rubin

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.

— 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…

— Gretchen Rubin