"Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big flashing signs that something needs to change."
- Gretchen Rubin
Awareness
"Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change."
- Gretchen Rubin
Awareness
"I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn’t sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time–but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was ‘productive.’ Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted."
- Gretchen Rubin
Balance
"One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good."
- Gretchen Rubin
Happiness
"Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually, spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement."
- Gretchen Rubin
Motivation
"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."
- Tony Robbins
Success
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
- Beverly Sills
Success
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."
- Florence Nightingale
Success
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."
- Vince Lombardi
Success