Quotes About Gretchen Rubin

For quotes, I have one document for general quotes; the other for happiness-related quotes, which I use for the 'Moment of Happiness,' my daily emails of happiness quotes.

In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home.

A willingness to be pleased requires modesty and even innocence--easy to deride as mawkish and sentimental.

I pegged her as a highly considerate UPHOLDER/Obliger. She's able to meet inner expectations without outer accountability, but only when outer expectations don't interfere.

Lewis's brilliant essay "On Three Ways of Writing for Children":

When we understand the Four Tendencies, we can set up situations to work better for everyone.

Research supports his observation: It's not goal attainment, but the process of striving after goals—that is, growth—that brings happiness.

In The Levity Effect, Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher argue that "levity" is a highly effective tool for helping people to work better; humor helps people pay attention, eases tensions, and enhances a feeling of connection.

It is by studying little things," wrote Samuel Johnson, "that we attain the great art of having as little misery, and as much happiness as possible.

realized, happiness has four stages. To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory. Any single happy experience may be amplified or minimized, depending on how much attention

Also, as I discovered when I took the Newcastle Personality Assessor, which measures personality according to the Big Five model (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, or OCEAN)

discouraging as he'd been, hadn't actually hit on my real worry about my project: Was it supremely self-centered to spend so much effort on my own happiness?

I have a lucky perfume. I love beautiful smells, but I save one of my favorite perfumes to wear only when I feel like I need some extra luck.