Gretchen Rubin Quotes

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I just want to focus on the positive things in my life.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

My life is so much better than I thought it was going to be.

We must be doing something to be happy.

I'm having a great life, and I want to go on having one.

Happiness is an inside job.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things.

Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.

Social scientists have found that the fastest way to feel happiness is to practice gratitude.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

If in any case I did find error in that which I have collected from my natural understanding, I should count it good fortune, since I enjoy life, and endeavour to pass it not in weeping and sighing, but in peace, joy, and cheerfulness, and from time to time climb thereby a step higher.

I think I was always joyous, but I don't think I became very aware of positivity and its power until I became older. I always did it naturally, but then I lost it, and it forced me to find it again and appreciate it more.

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

I always find a reason to be happy before I sleep. For me, happiness is a choice that is in your hands.