--- title: "23 Way Quotes By Gretchen Rubin" description: "23 Way quotes by Gretchen Rubin. Plus more from Gretchen Rubin and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/gretchen-rubin-867_anxiety_act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel-239451_2394512.png" --- > [Act the way that you want to feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/gretchen-rubin-867_anxiety_act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel-239451_2394512.png) > [Act the way you WANT to feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/act-the-way-you-want-to-feel/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/gretchen-rubin-867_feel_act-the-way-you-want-to-feel-520939_520939.png) > [When accepting a responsibility, imagine that it's something that you'll have to do next week. That way you don't agree to something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/when-accepting-a-responsibility-imagine-that-it-s-something-that-you/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/gretchen-rubin-867_accepting_when-accepting-a-responsibility-imagine_2146221.png) > [If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-i-pretend-to-myself-that-i-m-different-from-the-way-i-truly-am-i-m/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/gretchen-rubin-867_choices_if-i-pretend-to-myself-that-i-m-differen_2439983.png) > [Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/turn-off-your-email-turn-off-your-phone-disconnect-from-the-internet/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/gretchen-rubin-867_authentic-happiness_turn-off-your-email-turn-off-your-phone_1532083.jpg) > [A book is a better way to develop a complicated idea, or to tell a big story and to show how ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/a-book-is-a-better-way-to-develop-a-complicated-idea-or-to-tell-a-big/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/gretchen-rubin-867_better-way_a-book-is-a-better-way-to-develop-a-comp_260710.jpg) > [ \[S\]tudies show that one of the best ways to lift your mood is to engineer an easy success, such as tackling a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/s-tudies-show-that-one-of-the-best-ways-to-lift-your-mood-is-to/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/gretchen-rubin-867_chore_s-tudies-show-that-one-of-the-best-ways_483762.png) > [Creativity arises from a constant churn of ideas, and one of the easiest ways to encourage that fertile froth is to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/creativity-arises-from-a-constant-churn-of-ideas-and-one-of-the/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/gretchen-rubin-867_arise_creativity-arises-from-a-constant-churn_1695924.png) > [I'm a creature of routine, and I hate feeling incompetent, so I avoided novelty and challenge. Making an effort to push myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-m-a-creature-of-routine-and-i-hate-feeling-incompetent-so-i-avoided/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/gretchen-rubin-867_avoided_i-m-a-creature-of-routine-and-i-hate-fee_2825145.jpg) > [We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/gretchen-rubin-867_about_we-all-want-to-get-along-well-with-other_86976.png) > [For notes related to books I'm writing, I've wondered whether I should organize my notes better, but I do find that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/for-notes-related-to-books-i-m-writing-i-ve-wondered-whether-i-should/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/gretchen-rubin-867_action_for-notes-related-to-books-i-m-writing-i_1364061.jpg) > [A person with 'oppositional conversational style' is a person who, in conversation, disagrees with and corrects whatever you say. He or she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/a-person-with-oppositional-conversational-style-is-a-person-who-in/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/gretchen-rubin-867_communication_a-person-with-oppositional-conversationa_1027426.jpg) > [Sometimes, counter-intuitively, it's easier to make a major change than a minor change. When a habit is changing very gradually, we may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/sometimes-counter-intuitively-it-s-easier-to-make-a-major-change-than/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/gretchen-rubin-867_authentic-happiness_sometimes-counter-intuitively-it-s-easie_206999.png) > [One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/gretchen-rubin-867_feelings_one-of-the-findings-that-really-interest_44123.png) > [Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/whenever-i-m-trying-to-decide-how-to-spend-my-precious-time-energy-or/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/gretchen-rubin-867_ask_whenever-i-m-trying-to-decide-how-to-spe_2098834.png) > [Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there for a bit of conversation...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/watching-tv-is-companionable-you-share-an-experience-you-can-comment/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/gretchen-rubin-867_action_watching-tv-is-companionable-you-share-a_1092189.jpg) > [Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/step-by-step-you-make-your-way-forward-that-s-why-practices-such-as/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/gretchen-rubin-867_anxiety_step-by-step-you-make-your-way-forward-t_754595.png) > [Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/keeping-a-habit-in-the-smallest-way-protects-and-strengthens-it-i/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/gretchen-rubin-867_daily_keeping-a-habit-in-the-smallest-way-prot_1227004.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) > [I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-read-a-lot-all-the-time-but-often-i-read-books-for-research-or/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/gretchen-rubin-867_because_i-read-a-lot-all-the-time-but-often-i-re_3077930.png) > [If you want to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful, try to act as if you did feel that way. "Fake it 'till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-you-want-to-feel-safe-healthy-and-hopeful-try-to-act-as-if-you-did/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/gretchen-rubin-867_fake_if-you-want-to-feel-safe-healthy-and-hop_1944203.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) > [People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/people-are-powerfully-moved-by-imagination-belief-and-knowledge-they/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/gretchen-rubin-867_animal_people-are-powerfully-moved-by-imaginati_387618.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/gretchen-rubin/#itemlist", "name": "23 Way Quotes By Gretchen Rubin", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Act the way that you want to feel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gretchen Rubin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/gretchen-rubin-867_anxiety_act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel-239451_2394512.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/gretchen-rubin-867_anxiety_act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel-239451_2394512.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/gretchen-rubin-867_anxiety_act-the-way-that-you-want-to-feel-239451_2394512.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Act the way that you want to feel.” — Gretchen Rubin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Act the way you WANT to feel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gretchen Rubin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/act-the-way-you-want-to-feel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/gretchen-rubin-867_feel_act-the-way-you-want-to-feel-520939_520939.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/gretchen-rubin-867_feel_act-the-way-you-want-to-feel-520939_520939.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/gretchen-rubin-867_feel_act-the-way-you-want-to-feel-520939_520939.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Act the way you WANT to feel.” — Gretchen Rubin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When accepting a responsibility, imagine that it's something that you'll have to do next week. 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