Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Spend time doing things that matter.

We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on "good" rather than on "time".

Busy is good, isn't it? Busy means we're hard at it, achieving our ends or "goals." Haven't had time to stop, or look around or think. That's considered the sign of a life well lived ... Suppose, though, you're not sure that what you're doing is at all worthwhile. Suppose you blundered into it over a spoonful of lime pickle. It's easy, it pays quite well. But really it's a distraction. It stops you thinking about what you ought to be doing.

Priorities and purpose help keep us on track.

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.

Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.

Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!

Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.

In devoting more time and attention to fewer commitments, we can have a bigger impact on the things that matter most.

For me, my work, family, and fans are the most important; rest is just there.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

Don't get too comfortable. We are here for a certain period of time, and how much of your life are you gonna choose to spend with distractions? How do you make your choices? What is important?

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

It's important to keep life simple, and if I'm traveling, I only can do a couple of things, and those are the things that I'm meant to be doing.

Live uncluttered lives so you could have time for what is most important.

Everywhere the means is erected into the end, and the end itself is forgotten.

The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?"

It doesn't really matter what time it is if you haven't determined what to do with your time.

When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.