Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability. — Gretchen Rubin Ability Copy Share Image
“What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while.” — Gretchen Rubin Everyday Copy Share Image
I love taxonomies, categories, ways of dividing people into groups. — Gretchen Rubin Categories Copy Share Image
I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar. — Gretchen Rubin Change Copy Share Image
It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome. — Gretchen Rubin Inspirational Copy Share Image
One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin Childhood Copy Share Image
“I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasn't going to change unless I made it change.” — Gretchen Rubin Change Copy Share Image
“A willingness to be pleased requires modesty and even innocence--easy to deride as mawkish and sentimental.” — Gretchen Rubin Modesty Copy Share Image
Don't let yourself fall into 'empty.' Keep cash in the house. Keep gas in your tank. Keep an extra roll of toilet… — Gretchen Rubin Away Copy Share Image
When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book! — Gretchen Rubin About Copy Share Image
Having a messy coat closet should not be a big deal in a full life, and yet there's something about getting control… — Gretchen Rubin Big deal Copy Share Image
One of the things that surprised me the most is how often we assume that because something's fun for someone else, it… — Gretchen Rubin Assuming Copy Share Image
One of my most important 'Secrets of Adulthood': Outer order contributes to inner calm. — Gretchen Rubin Adulthood Copy Share Image
“In fact, in what’s known as “rosy prospection,” anticipation of happiness is sometimes greater than the happiness actually experienced.” — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
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… — Gretchen Rubin Authentic happiness Copy Share Image
“Sprinters are pleased with their work product, because sprinting is how they do their best work. Procrastinators aren’t pleased with their work… — Gretchen Rubin Better job Copy Share Image
If you want to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful, try to act as if you did feel that way. "Fake it 'till… — Gretchen Rubin Fake Copy Share Image
“There are times in the lives of most of us,” observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, “when we would have given all the… — Gretchen Rubin Life Copy Share Image
“While some more passive forms of leisure, such as watching TV or surfing the Internet, are fun in the short term, over… — Gretchen Rubin Internet Copy Share Image
Think about what kind of person you are and shape your habits, and your happiness, to show what's true about you instead… — Gretchen Rubin Answers Copy Share Image
... one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the… — Gretchen Rubin Flaw Copy Share Image
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is… — Gretchen Rubin About Copy Share Image
“One flashy kind of commitment device is the “nuclear option.” A friend who enjoys experimenting with strategies of personal productivity used this… — Gretchen Rubin Commitment Copy Share Image
“My home should calm me and energize me. It should be a comforting, quiet refuge and a place of excitement and possibility.… — Gretchen Rubin Home Copy Share Image
“Of course it's not enough to sit around wanting to be happy; you must make the effort to take steps toward happiness… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
I realize that in a happy life, making your bed should play a very small part, I don't know why this is… — Gretchen Rubin Bed Copy Share Image
“Keep it simple' wasn't always the right response. Many things that boosted my happiness also added complexity to my life. Having children.… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period,… — Gretchen Rubin Beats Copy Share Image
Happiness can seem like an abstract, transcendent notion, but in fact, I found that getting enough sleep (very important!!), getting exercise, not… — Gretchen Rubin Abstract Copy Share Image
I've noticed that a lot of people do much better when all their resolutions are framed as 'Yes.' Not something like, "I'm… — Gretchen Rubin Every day Copy Share Image
![“... one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the things they made, to show that man shouldn't aspire to the perfection of God. Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.” quote by Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f5d/gretchen-rubin-867_flawed_one-flaw-throws-the-loveliness-of-everyt_851689.jpg)
