Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry at someone, I do something thoughtful for her and my feelings toward her soften. This strategy is uncannily effective.

Gretchen Rubin's Popular Quotes

Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.

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Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.

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Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.

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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 t…

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Do good, feel good; feel good, do good.

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Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because novelty and challenge also br…

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I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.

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If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

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One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

- Gretchen Rubin